Responding to key presses
Pygame’s main event loop registers a KEYDOWN event any time a key is pressed. When this happens, you can check for specific keys.
for event in pg.event.get(): if event.type == pg.KEYDOWN: if event.key == pg.K_RIGHT: ship_rect.x += 1 elif event.key == pg.K_LEFT: ship_rect.x -= 1 elif event.key == pg.K_SPACE: ship.fire_bullet() elif event.key == pg.K_q: sys.exit()
Responding to released keys
When the user releases a key, a KEYUP event is triggered.
if event.type == pg.KEYUP:
if event.key == pg.K_RIGHT:
ship.moving_right = False