Events

Events

Keyboard, Gamepad, and Mouse Events

A scene or model can respond to the following events:

• Keyboard button, gamepad button, or mouse button down events or on_down.

This is the first event that is generated when a user presses the button down.

• Keyboard button, gamepad button, or mouse button held events or on_hold, on_held.

This is the second event that is generated when a user holds a button down. This event will continue to trigger while the button is held down.

• Keyboard button, gamepad button, or mouse button up events or on_up.

This is the third event that is generated when a user releases a down/held button.

Event Registration with a method symbol

You can specify a course of action with the following hash do: :name_of_method.

class ExampleScene
  event :on_down, KbSpace do: :hero_jump

  def hero_jump
    hero.jump
  end
end

When the Space Key has been pressed down, the method hero_jump will be executed.

Event Registration with a block

You can specify a course of action with a block:

class ExampleScene
  event :on_down, GpSpace do
    hero.jump
  end
end

When the Space Key has been pressed down, the block defined will be executed.

Controls

Chords and Modifier Keys

Notifications