Lightweight, cross-platform input library

Question

I'm trying to write a game with support for Joypads as well as mouse/keyboard. I've tried finding information about that, but it's either outdated or not portable enough.

Does anybody know of any good, lightweight libraries that can abstract Joypad reading? I want to use the 360 controller, but I would like support for more than that.

I'm primarily going to be writing on Windows, but I really don't want to use DirectInput/XInput, in case I ever wish to port my code.

Answer 1

Have you looked at XNA game framework? There is also

Allero http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/allegro/

GarageGames http://www.garagegames.com/

Try that out

Answer 2

I wanted to accept the answer given, but unfortunately it's not exactly correct.

Allegro is a great library that I found after that post.

GarageGames and XNA, however, were exactly the types of libraries that I wanted to avoid.

Answer 3

Have you ever tryied OIS (Object Oriented Input System)? An efficient and light weight library. I am very satisfied with it.

I have never tried with the 360 controller, but it should work fine.

Answer 4

This maybe an older question and is already answered but..

Someone on tigsource made a lightweight cross-platform gamepad library that you might find useful.

You can view the post on it here.

Answer 5

What about SDL?

Maybe it's not what you mean by lightweight (it has the graphic and audio subsystems too), but it's very portable.