Patrolling Enemy

System Summary

The patrolling enemy moves back and forth, it harms the player if it makes contact with them.

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Connected Systems

Connecting Systems:

• Enemies

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Bugs

• None

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Feature List / Breakdown of Features

List of features and descriptions within system.

Patrolling Behavior:

• The enemy moves horizontally when it spawns in. Its starting direction can be set to left or right.
• Restricted patrolling enemies will pivot when reaching the edge of a platform.
• Direction determines which way the enemy will initially face

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Important Variables

• groundSpeed: float = Changes the move speed of the enemy.
• restricted: bool = If it's true, the enemy cannot move onto empty air and will turn around when it would.
• direction: bool = The initial direction that the enemy moves in, an arrow indicates this for the player to understand.

Important Functions

• func patrol_behavior() -> void: Moves around the patrolling enemy, changes direction when it hits a wall, additionally if restricted is enabled turns around when it would run off of solid ground. Also checks for collisions with other enemies and bounces back if it hits one.

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Future Work / Risks

Future Work:

1. Add a property to allow it to jump up a tile.

Risks:

• None

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Miscellaneous Notes

• None