Now that we've loaded in our pattern data and have a pool for enemies to be spawned from, let's update our Enemy class to work with movement patterns and allow them to be recycled when they move offscreen or get shot.
To start, open the Enemy class and add this import:
import flixel.util.FlxPoint;
The FlxPoint object is an object that contains the x and y values. We'll be using this class to define each point that the enemy will move to.
Next, let's add the new variables we'll need.
private var movementSpeed:Float; private var movementPattern:Dynamic; private var movementPoints:Array<FlxPoint>;
Here's the explanation of the code:
The
movementSpeedvariable will store the speed value of the pattern. ThemovementPatternvariable will store the pattern data specific to this enemy.The
movementPointsarray will store an array ofFlxPointobjects, and we'll convert the array ofpointsfrom theJSONdata to theFlxPointobjects. This...