input-handling

What problem does it solve?

Godot 4 projects often struggle with inconsistent input handling across keyboard, mouse, gamepad, and touch. This Skill provides a structured, extensible approach to designing InputEvent flows, centralized Input Map configuration, and reliable action binding that reduces bugs and duplicated logic.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Understand InputEvent flow from hardware to game logic, including _input, _unhandled_input, and _unhandled_key_input callbacks.
• Configure and manage Input Map actions for keyboard and gamepad, including runtime rebinding and per-action deadzones.
• Implement both discrete (jump, interact) and continuous (movement, sprint) inputs with robust buffering and pause-aware behavior.
• Support mouse look, cursor modes, gamepad prompts, and touch input in a unified input system suitable for Godot 4.x.
• Real-world scenario: design a player controller that moves, looks around, interacts with objects, and navigates menus using a consistent input layer.

Quick Start

Configure a minimal Input Map and implement a first action to validate the setup.