Level Structure

Level Structure

The current JSON level file structure consists of some properties for the level and a collection of entity descriptors. Refer to the following demo level, which contains all possible elements:

{
  "StartPosition": "117, 458",
  "EntityDescriptors": [
    {
      "EntityName": "flower02",
      "Position": "158, 153",
      "IsCollidable": true,
      "TextureName": "flower02",
      "AnimationDescriptor": {
        "Active": true,
        "AnimationFramesPerSecond": 2,
        "SubtextureWidth": 64,
        "SubtextureHeight": 64,
	  "AnimationFrameSets": [
	    {
	      "Key": 0,
	      "Frames": [ 0, 1, 2, 3 ]
	    }
	  ]
      },
	  "AnimationLoopDescriptor": {
		"Active": true,
		"Key": 0
	  }
    },
	{
      "EntityName": "ball",
      "Position": "180, 80",
      "IsCollidable": true,
      "TextureName": "bullet",
	  "MovementDescriptor": {
	    "Active": true,
		"Speed": 75,
		"Positions": [ 
			"180, 80" ,
			"245, 155",
			"310, 75",
			"245, 155"
		]
	  }
    },
	{
      "EntityName": "lighning-01",
      "Position": "95, 232",
      "IsCollidable": true,
      "TextureName": "lightning-01",
	  "PeriodicVisibilityToggleDescriptor": {
	    "Active": true,
		"SoundEffectName": "lightning",
		"TimeInvisible": 3 
	  },
	  "AnimationDescriptor": {
        "Active": true,
        "AnimationFramesPerSecond": 30,
        "SubtextureWidth": 128,
        "SubtextureHeight": 64,
		"AnimationFrameSets": [
	      {
			  "Key": 0,			
		      "Frames": [ 0, 1 ]
	      },
		  {
			  "Key": 1,	
		      "Frames": [ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 7, 6, 7, 8, 7, 6, 7, 8, 7, 6, 7, 8, 7, 6, 7, 8 ]
	      }
		]
      }
    },
	{
      "EntityName": "platform-01",
      "Position": "210, 377",
      "IsCollidable": true,
      "TextureName": "platform-01",
	  "MovementDescriptor": {
	    "Active": true,
		"Speed": 50,
		"Positions": [ 
			"210, 377" ,
			"90, 377"
		]
	  }
    },
	{
      "EntityName": "shooter",
      "Position": "300, 380",
      "IsCollidable": true,
      "TextureName": "shooter",
	  "MovementDescriptor": {
	    "Active": true,
	    "Speed": 50,
		"Positions": [ 
			"300, 380" ,
			"450, 380"
		]
	  },
	  "ShooterDescriptor": {
	    "Active": true,
		"Speed": 100,
		"Direction": "0, -1",
		"Offset": "0, -25",
		"BulletCooldownInSeconds": 1
	  }
    },
	{
      "EntityName": "door-01",
      "Position": "548, 313",
      "IsCollidable": true,
      "TextureName": "door-01",
	  "DoorDescriptor": {
	    "Active": true,
		"TargetEntityName": "shooter"	
	  }
    },
	{
      "EntityName": "level",
      "Position": "320, 240",
      "IsCollidable": true,
      "TextureName": "level01",
      "AnimationDescriptor": {
        "Active": false,
        "StartAnimationFrame": 0,
        "StopAnimationFrame": 0,
        "AnimationFramesPerSecond": 0,
        "SubtextureWidth": 0,
        "SubtextureHeight": 0
      },
	  "MovementDescriptor": {
	    "Active": false
	  }
    }
  ]
}