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

List of known bugs. Be descriptive but keep it brief!

• Patrolling enemy glides off of slopes instead of following them down smoothly.

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Feature List / Breakdown of Features

List of features and descriptions within system.

Feature Name:

• Enemy moves right and left wherever it spawns in.
• Property to restrict enemy movement to disable falling, property to increase move speed

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Important Variables

• moveSpeed: 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.

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. Snapping them to the ground so they don't fly over slopes.

Risks:

• None

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Miscellaneous Notes

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• None