On Screen Keyboard for Gamemaker Studio

After getting the demo for Thy Sword ready and the Greenlight campaign for it started I relaxed a little by making an on screen keyboard that should be usable on all devices (Android, IOS etc.). I have tested it on two Android devices and my Windows PC. The keyboard can be placed anywhere in a room without the need for modification.

The keyboard can be fully customized to your needs, everything should be documented in the create event of the obj_onscreen_keyboard object. If you end up using it in your game, I would love to hear about it. 🙂

Features

• The keyboard manipulates the keyboard_string variable directly so it can be used in parallell with a physical keyboard.
• Keys are completely configurable (number of rows, keys per row, x offset for each row, key characters etc.).
• The space between keys can be configured.
• Shift key support, meaning all keys can have two characters assigned to them.
• Keys can be of different widths (width and height of keys is taken from the sprites, the sprites need two images, the second one is for pressed state).
• Sound and/or haptic effect on key press.
• Key repeat function (delays can be configured).
• Auto-shift function (enable shift for one character after interpunction).
• Shift once function (disable shift after one key press).

Download

The project can be downloaded below. There is actually only one object needed for the keyboard and a few sprites for the keys. The object named obj_show_keyboard_string is only used for drawing the keyboard_string variable. The project was made using GM:S v1.4.1567. There is a newer version of the keyboard on the YoYo Games Marketplace:
https://marketplace.yoyogames.com/assets/5024/on-screen-keyboard

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