universal-game-controller
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Simple game input for 💻 keyboard, 📱 touchscreen and 🎮 gamepad through a unified API. Made for game jams.
Current game inputs are:
Constraining? That’s where creativity starts! Never underestimate the power of simplicity – easy to learn is easy to love.
Demo: https://ugc.bloat.app
See importing instructions below.
All user inputs are provided as a state of the controller – no events as of now. These are meant to be read in the game update loop.
controller.move: { x, y }
controller.trigger: boolean
controller.type: InputType
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/universal-game-controller@1.3.2/dist/main.js"></script>
const { controller } = UniversalGameController
npm install universal-game-controller
import { controller } from 'universal-game-controller'
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/universal-game-controller@1.3.2/dist/main.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="instructions" style="font-family: sans-serif; width: 100%; text-align: center; font-size: 2em; padding-top: 0.3em;"></div>
<div id="container" style="border: 2vmin solid rgb(15, 31, 46); width: 80vmin; height: 80vmin; border-radius: 50%; position: absolute; left: calc(50% - 40vmin); top: calc(50% - 40vmin); display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center;">
<div id="output" style="border: 2vmin solid rgb(15, 31, 46); width: 40vmin; height: 40vmin; border-radius: 50%; transform: translate(0vmin); background-color: rgb(15, 31, 46); box-sizing: border-box;"></div>
</div>
<script>
const { controller, InputType } = UniversalGameController;
const output = document.querySelector('#output');
const instructions = document.querySelector('#instructions');
const gameLoop = () => {
const move = controller.move;
output.style.transform = `translate(${move.x * 25}vmin, ${move.y * 25}vmin)`;
if (controller.trigger) {
output.style.width = '60vmin';
output.style.height = '60vmin';
} else {
output.style.width = '30vmin';
output.style.height = '30vmin';
}
if (controller.type === InputType.KEYBOARD) {
instructions.innerText = 'Use WASD to move and space to trigger';
} else if (controller.type === InputType.TOUCH) {
instructions.innerText = 'Use one finger to move and another to trigger';
} else if (controller.type === InputType.GAMEPAD) {
instructions.innerText = 'Use the left stick to move and button 1 to trigger';
}
requestAnimationFrame(gameLoop);
}
gameLoop();
</script>
</body>
</html>
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Simple game input for touch screen, keyboard, gamepad and mouse
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