ALLEGRO_EVENT_QUEUE *event_queue = al_create_event_queue();

al_register_event_source(event_queue, al_get_keyboard_event_source());

string player_name=”";

//draw function

bool done=false;
bool maius=false;//this tells you wen your pressing Shift
while(!done)
{
ALLEGRO_EVENT ev;
al_wait_for_event(event_queue, &ev);
if(ev.type == ALLEGRO_EVENT_KEY_DOWN)
{
switch (ev.keyboard.keycode)
{
case 215:
maius=true;
break;
case ALLEGRO_KEY_ENTER:
if (player_name.length() > 0)
{
//the code you want then you press enter
//done=true;//uncomment if u want the input to end here
break;
}
else break;
case ALLEGRO_KEY_SPACE:
if (palyer_name.length() > 0 && palyer_name.length() < name_limit)//in this case the name can't have more than 15 charecters
{
string algo;
ostringstream convert;
convert < 0)
{
palyer_name.erase(player_name.end()-1);
//draw function
break;
}
else break;

default:
if (player_name.length() < name_limit && ev.keyboard.keycode = 1)
{
string algo;
ostringstream convert;
if (maius == true)
{
convert << (char (ev.keyboard.keycode+64));
}
else
{
convert << (char (ev.keyboard.keycode+96));
}
algo = convert.str();
const char *outro = algo.c_str();
plyer_name.append (outro);
//draw function
break;
}
else break;
}
else if(ev.type == ALLEGRO_EVENT_KEY_UP)
{
if(ev.keyboard.keycode == 215)
{
maius= false;
}
}
}

al_destroy_event_queue(envent_queue);

From this code you will probably want to add a mouse input that do something like.. when you press the text box (you must make one inside your draw function) you will change a variable done_with_name to false and all the above code should be inside a while(!done_with_name), that way only when u press the textbox, you can type the player's name.

warning: Your draw function will need to recive the player_name string.

If you need other charecters than leters, just type after the if(ev.type == ALLEGRO_EVENT_KEY_DOWN), "cout << ev.keyboard.keycode<<endl;", then go to a ASCII code table and look for the key you pressed. after that its all about (char (ev.keyboard.keycode + correction)) where correction is the increment/decrement that you need to make, so that part correspond to the ASCII code you want

I took the liberty of combining the two methods described on this video in order to achieve transparency here’s a link: http://goo.gl/RvUSz just in case Frefro or other user finds itself lost with the resources associated with this video.

Saying at the end, that some things arn’t done perfectly or maybe ‘the best way to do everything’. What do you feel wasn’t done perfectly? Or what would you do differently given the time?

I wonder if you know how to use an icon for the actual program? On default, it is just a black box, but can I change the application icon so it is something better, like maybe a picture of the Spaceship?