Sharing a Keyboard
The first bug has to do with powering up the launcher. If player #1 holds down the S key, the launcher powers up like normal. But, if player #2 then presses the K key, player #1âs power up stops.
This bug happens because thereâs only one keyboard and keyboards expect that only one person is going to press and hold a key. If you press and hold the S key in a word processor, youâll get a bunch of Ss in your documentâthe keyboard repeats the S letter. If you keep the S key down and then hold down the K key at the same time, the computer figures you now want a bunch of Ks added to the document, and switches to repeating the K key.
To make power-ups work when two people are sharing the keyboard, we need to replace keyboard ...
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