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Cart #here_on_tap-0 | 2022-06-08 | Code ▽ | Embed ▽ | License: CC4-BY-NC-SA
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(v00 03-08-22)
TO LOAD THIS PICO-8 CART, in immediate mode, type: load #here_on_tap

I am reminded of George Jetson from the Hanna Barbera series: "The Jetsons."

In this George had a job where he needed to press one button all day long - and that was it.

While we have greater input methods available to us, if you are programming in Pico-8 you are normally limited to the ❎ and 🅾️ buttons with the arrow keys and start or "P" to bring up additional menu options.

On a cellphone though you normally only have input - through your fingers. and as Pico-8 also lets you use a mouse for input, to navigate in pico-8 with your finger has some limitations.

  1. you cannot move the X+Y mouse coordinates without actually pressing down the mouse button each time.

  2. you can only register one press at a time.

So how could you register multiple values from a single finger ? That is what this code explores.

You can tap singly, doubly, or even 3-at a time. It also determines if you held your finger down on the last tap, so using this you could generate multiple conditions to test for.

With my earlier "Swiper" found HERE:

https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=27757

You now have new ways of entering input into a cellphone.

If you find these useful, please let me know and I will combine the two into one modern code for cellphone input for you.

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