On mobile, how to detect an mouse input while it is being held down elsewhere?

[guinub]

Hello guys!

I dont know if my title is clear, but I'm making a mobile game where the player follows wherever the "mouse" is being held down. The problem is that he needs to press a button to pick up items, and I cant seem to make it work on mobile. The game is something like this:



And the code is something like this:

//Player movement
if(mouse_check_button(mb_left) && position_meeting(mouse_x, mouse_y, obj_floor)){ //Floor is the grey area
    //Move
}


//Pick up items
if(mouse_check_button_released(mb_left) && position_meeting(mouse_x, mouse_y, obj_button)){
    //Pick up
}

Thanks in advance!

 

[chamaeleon]

Use the device functions instead to check multiple touches at the same time, or rethink how interaction should work to accommodate using a single finger press.