#include <iostream>
#include <conio.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <time.h>

const char BAD_CHAR = '`';
const int BACKSPACE = 8;
const int RETURN_KEY = 13;

using namespace std;

char getInput();
void setCursor (int x, int y);
void printEvents();
void cls();
void getUserInput();


vector<string> g_events;
string g_playerInput;
int timeSinceCreation;
int thisTime, lastTime;

int main()
{
	thisTime = clock();
	lastTime = clock();

	int delayThisTime, delayLastTime;

	delayThisTime = clock();
	delayLastTime = clock();


	while(true)
	{
		thisTime = clock();
		delayThisTime = clock();

		//delay the app a bit 20fps should do
		if((delayThisTime - delayLastTime) > 50)
		{
			cls();

			if((thisTime - lastTime) > 999) //if 1 second has passed
			{	
				if(g_events.size() == 10)
				{
					g_events.erase(g_events.begin());
				}
				
				g_events.push_back("New Player");
				lastTime = thisTime;
			}
			
			//display everything that has been worked out
			getUserInput();
			printEvents();

			delayLastTime = delayThisTime;
		}
	}

	return 0;
}

char getInput()
{
	char c = BAD_CHAR;

	if(_kbhit())
	{	
		c = _getch();

		cout << c;

		return c;
	}

	return c;

}

void setCursor (int x, int y)
{
	COORD coord = {x, y};
	SetConsoleCursorPosition(GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE), coord);
}

void printEvents()
{
	int n;

	for(n = 0; n < g_events.size(); n++)
	{
		setCursor(0, n);
		cout << g_events[n];
	}

	setCursor(0, n+2);
	cout << g_playerInput;
}

void cls()
{
	setCursor(0, 0);

	//clear the last 20 lines of text
	for(unsigned int i = 0; i < 20 * 80; i++)
		cout << ' ';

	//set the cursor back to 0,0 so we can use it again
	setCursor(0, 0);
}

void getUserInput()
{
	//get the input
	char a = BAD_CHAR;
	a = getInput();

	if(a == BACKSPACE)
	{
		string::iterator myIter;
		myIter = g_playerInput.end() - 1;
		g_playerInput.erase(myIter);
	}
	else if(a == RETURN_KEY)
	{
		g_playerInput.clear();
		cout << "Processing command...";
	}
	else if(a != BAD_CHAR)
	{	
		g_playerInput += a;
	}

}

#include <windows.h>#include <cstdlib>#include <ctime>const int WIDTH = 50;const int HEIGHT = 20;int main(){	srand(static_cast<unsigned int>(time(0)));	HANDLE hOut = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);	COORD bufferSize = { WIDTH, HEIGHT };	COORD bufferCoord = { 0, 0 };	// Specifies the portion of the console screen buffer to overwrite in character coordinates	SMALL_RECT rect = { 1, 1, WIDTH, HEIGHT };	// The buffer is a one-dimensional array that represents a rectangular area	CHAR_INFO buffer[HEIGHT * WIDTH];	bool done = false;	while (!done)	{		// Fill buffer with random ASCII characters and colors		for (int y = 0; y < HEIGHT; ++y)		{			for (int x = 0; x < WIDTH; ++x)			{				buffer[y * WIDTH + x].Char.AsciiChar = rand() % 256;				buffer[y * WIDTH + x].Attributes = rand() % 256;			}		}		WriteConsoleOutput(hOut, buffer, bufferSize, bufferCoord, &rect);		// Wait for the Space key to be pressed		while (!(GetAsyncKeyState(VK_SPACE) & 0x8000))		{			// Exit if the Escape key is pressed			if (GetAsyncKeyState(VK_ESCAPE) & 0x8000)			{				done = true;				break;			}			else Sleep(20); // Give the CPU a break		}	}}