Sometimes you may want to support multiple inputs for your game. Maybe you support WASD and the arrow keys. Maybe you support gamepads too. Giving players choice is important. Here’s a way to check for multiple keys at once and the controller:

CONFIRM_KEYS = [:j, :z, :enter, :space]
def confirm?(inputs)
  CONFIRM_KEYS.any? { |k| inputs.keyboard.key_down.send(k) } ||
    (inputs.controller_one.connected && inputs.controller_one.key_down.a)
end

def tick(args)
  if confirm?(args.inputs)
    # do the stuff
  end
end

A few things on the implementation:

  • CONFIRM_KEYS won’t change in this example, so it’s a constant.
  • inputs.controller_one.key_down&.a attempts to check the A button on the first controller. If it’s not connected, it’ll return nil and be evaluately as falsy.
  • CONFIRM_KEYS.any? { |k| inputs.keyboard.down.send(k) } checks if any of the keys that are down are in the array we set, nifty!