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Python Python Collections (2016, retired 2019) Dungeon Game Win or Lose

Martin Droshow
Martin Droshow
6,891 Points
Posted by Martin Droshow
Martin Droshow
6,891 Points

Use arrow keys for movement fo dungeon game instead of writing RIGHT, DOWN, LEFT

Hi There,

I am sick of writing right, down, left for the dungeon game. Want to make the movement based on using arrow keys. I thought that it would be a piece of cake, but after googling some pages in seems pretty intimidating, not like Java's scanner library.

There is some getch () method and stuff, it looks intimidating. I need some guidance how tomake this based on user's input of arrow keys, not writing annoying left, right, down stuff.

I think this would be useful for others as well

Thanks Martin

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points
Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

Unfortunately, it is not possible to rely solely on arrow keys for movement from the command line interface. The command window or shell interface intercepts the arrow keystroke and does not pass it on to the program. A return key is required to send characters to the program.

To solely use arrow keys, a GUI or other user interface scheme would need to be created to interpret keystrokes directly without using a command shell. tkinter or other GUI would be a good place to start.