diasurgical/devilutionX

Add a controller friendly virtual keyboard

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#2,249 opened on Jun 27, 2021

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Description

Some devices like RG350 do not have a build in virtual keyboard, this prevents them from partake in multiplayer games (as well as a few other features) as they cannot enter the password for the game. To solve this we should provide a simple virtual keyboard for such platforms, since these devices usually also do not have a touch screen it should be usable via a game controller.

A couple of options: billede https://github.com/diasurgical/devilutionX/tree/4c2a43b23e92adcb1d047fdd52e10fb53c9471ff/vita/danzeffSDL

https://github.com/benob/rs97_st-sdl/blob/master/keyboard.c

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Research direction
Examine existing SDL keyboard implementations (e.g., in vita/danzeffSDL) and integrate a controller friendly virtual keyboard for RG350.
Tech stack
cpp
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frontend
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3
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3-5 days
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50