From a98bbd9c93b19062a623f499e4e2b6bffa1e298b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Hilder <jhilder95@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2026 07:18:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Initial input manager

---
 src/input_manager.odin | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/input_manager.odin

diff --git a/src/input_manager.odin b/src/input_manager.odin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57a2dd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/input_manager.odin
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package game
+
+import rl "vendor:raylib"
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Input Manager, captures input events and stores them into a struct.
+// Passing the struct down allows for components to use inputs independantly 
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Input_Event :: struct {
+	// Normalized and merged from keyboard + controller
+	move_dir: 		 rl.Vector2,
+    pause_pressed:    bool,
+}
+
+poll_input :: proc() -> Input_Event {
+    input_event := Input_Event{}
+	input_dir :=   rl.Vector2{0,0}
+
+	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Keyboard
+	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    if rl.IsKeyDown(.W) || rl.IsKeyDown(.UP)    { input_dir.y -= 1 }
+    if rl.IsKeyDown(.S) || rl.IsKeyDown(.DOWN)  { input_dir.y += 1 }
+
+	// single-fire == IsKeyPressed, held == IsKeyDown
+    input_event.pause_pressed  = rl.IsKeyPressed(.P)
+
+	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	// Movement/direction needs update
+	// ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    if input_dir.x != 0 || input_dir.y != 0 {
+        input_dir = rl.Vector2Normalize(input_dir)
+    }
+    input_event.move_dir = input_dir
+
+	return input_event
+}
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