pokemon

pokemon.lua

function read_file(name)
    local input = io.open(name, 'r')

    if input ~= nil then
        io.input(input)
        content = io.read()
        io.close(input)

        return content
    end

    return nil
end

function file_exists(name)
    local f = io.open(name, 'r')
    local exists = f ~= nil
    io.close(f)
    return exists
end

function press_button(button)
    input_table = {}
    input_table[button] = true
    joypad.set(1, input_table)
end

while true do
    local button = read_file('button.txt')

    if button ~= nil then
        press_button(button)
        emu.message('Pressing: ' .. button)
        os.remove('button.txt')
    end

    emu.frameadvance()
end