Beginner's Guide to Game Programming Ep1 Part 3-B Keyboard Input in SDL

The Beginner's Guide to Game Programming:
A Problem Solving Approach
Episode 1: Makin' Pickin' Sticks
Part 3-B: Keyboard Input with SDL

This is a written and video tutorial created to teach the basics of Allegro and SDL as well as game programming in general, while encouraging the newbie to code it out themselves.

*EDIT*
Sorry, I messed up the first version of this video, so I removed it and made a new one, which is this one. If you're using the code from the original video, using SDL_Event, please watch this video and change your code.

This video talks about the functions for getting keyboard input, and a few other notes.

You can get the written version and other things at my site:
http://www.moosader.com

Playlist link:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=B9C8BC6F495BD17E

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[Zilva86]

Rachel, you should search for a job in my school honestly spoken, so all of us could learn this! :D

[LusikkaMage]

@Zilva86 If you're going to college, I'd have to get a masters to teach. D:

I might sooner or later.

[XianForce]

Rachel, you should write a book! These tutorials are great!

[LusikkaMage]

Lulz. Where there is a pdf version on the site that's 38 pages long (though I need to finish it). @_@

[Kenshin1666]

hmm, just a quick doubt .. i am new to SDL yet,

but, shouldn't you call the SDL_PumpEvents() function before calling SDL_GetKeyState() ?

as i said i am new to SDL, i just brought a book about SDL (Focus on SDL) and i was reading the event handling chapter a few days ago, and i read that.

[LusikkaMage]

I think that might be if you're using the events.keysym.whatever stuffs, instead of actual key states (the integer), but I'll check on it when I get home.

If it helps at all, I don't see it being used in LazyFoo's input stuff.

[crazymanny00]

I don't play my games, I watch them!

[thekranti99]

wonderful tutorials . very professional

[CoderRach]

@steff385 C++ is a language. DevC++, Visual Studio, and Code::Blocks are all IDEs and have no affect on the language itself (in general); it doesn't matter what you decide to use.

[steff385]

Can i use Dev-C++? Answer quickly please.

[MrLegendman3]

When you said "You want to play your games, not watch them. Heres how you do it:" My video crashed :(

[TrophyEnthusiast]

@LusikkaMage only 38 pages!! Man! I have to read this 800 page java book in 3D gameing,good luck to both of us, nvm you posted this 1 year ago . . . .

[jrjtuber]

whats the code to make the player move , how do i change the x,y cordinates of this image SDL_BlitSurface(image,NULL,scr­een,NULL);

[keithgarry]

TY so much for the key array info. So helpful.

[XianForce]

Beginner's Guide To Game Programming: A Problem Solving Approach: The Pocket Guide

^Title xD^

A little side note... have you noticed that pocket references hardly ever fit in pockets? Why the hell call them a pocket reference if they aren't for your pocket...