diff --git a/src/text_input.py b/src/text_input.py
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+import pygame
+
+class TextInput:
+    def __init__(self, width, height, pos_x, pos_y):
+        self.rect = pygame.Rect(pos_x, pos_y, width, height)
+
+        self.font = pygame.font.SysFont("Arial", 22)
+
+        # input text
+        self.text = ""
+
+        self.active = False
+
+        # colors
+        self.text_color = (255, 255, 255)
+        self.border_color = (255, 255, 255)
+        self.active_border_color = (0, 255, 0)
+        self.background_color = (30, 30, 30)
+
+    def handle_event(self, event):
+        # check if mouse click event on text input box
+        if event.type == pygame.MOUSEBUTTONDOWN:
+            if self.rect.collidepoint(event.pos):
+                self.active = True
+            else:
+                self.active = False
+
+        # check for keyboard input
+        if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN and self.active:
+            # enter will submit and exit input box
+            if event.key == pygame.K_RETURN:
+                self.active = False
+
+            # backspace will delete last character
+            elif event.key == pygame.K_BACKSPACE:
+                self.text = self.text[:-1]
+            # other characters will be added to the string
+            else:
+                self.text += event.unicode
+
+    def draw(self, screen):
+        # draw background of input box
+        pygame.draw.rect(screen, self.background_color, self.rect)
+
+        # change border color depending if input box is active or not
+        if self.active:
+            border_color = self.active_border_color
+        else:
+            border_color = self.border_color
+
+        # draw border
+        pygame.draw.rect(screen, border_color, self.rect, 2)
+
+        # draw text
+        text_surface = self.font.render(self.text, True, self.text_color)
+
+        # show text with indentation
+        screen.blit(text_surface, (self.rect.x + 10, self.rect.y + 10))
+
+    def get_text(self):
+        return self.text