Package com.csse3200.game.areas

Class GameArea

java.lang.Object

com.csse3200.game.areas.GameArea

All Implemented Interfaces:

com.badlogic.gdx.utils.Disposable

Direct Known Subclasses:

LevelGameArea

public abstract class GameArea
extends Object
implements com.badlogic.gdx.utils.Disposable

Represents an area in the game, such as a level, indoor area, etc. An area has a terrain and other entities to spawn on that terrain.

Support for enabling/disabling game areas could be added by making this a Component instead.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
protected List<Entity>	areaEntities
protected WaveManager	waveManager

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	GameArea()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract void	create()	Create the game area in the world.
protected void	despawnEntity(Entity entity)
void	dispose()	Dispose of all internal entities in the area
List<Entity>	getEntities()	Gets all entities in this area.
void	requestDespawn(Entity entity)
void	setWaveManager(WaveManager waveManager)	Sets the WaveManager reference for disposal tracking
protected void	spawnEntity(Entity entity)	Spawn entity at its current position
Entity	spawnRobotAtFloat(float x, float y)
Entity	spawnRobotAtFloat(float x, float y, String robotType)
Entity	spawnRobotAtTile(com.badlogic.gdx.math.GridPoint2 cell, boolean centerX, boolean centerY)
Entity	spawnRobotAtTile(com.badlogic.gdx.math.GridPoint2 cell, boolean centerX, boolean centerY, String robotType)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Details

areaEntities

protected List<Entity> areaEntities

waveManager

protected WaveManager waveManager

Constructor Details

GameArea

protected GameArea()

Method Details

create

public abstract void create()

Create the game area in the world.

dispose

public void dispose()

Dispose of all internal entities in the area

Specified by:

dispose in interface com.badlogic.gdx.utils.Disposable

spawnEntity

protected void spawnEntity(Entity entity)

Spawn entity at its current position

Parameters:

entity - Entity (not yet registered)

despawnEntity

protected void despawnEntity(Entity entity)

requestDespawn

public void requestDespawn(Entity entity)

getEntities

public List<Entity> getEntities()

Gets all entities in this area.

Returns:

list of entities in this area

spawnRobotAtTile

public Entity spawnRobotAtTile(com.badlogic.gdx.math.GridPoint2 cell,
 boolean centerX,
 boolean centerY)

spawnRobotAtTile

public Entity spawnRobotAtTile(com.badlogic.gdx.math.GridPoint2 cell,
 boolean centerX,
 boolean centerY,
 String robotType)

spawnRobotAtFloat

public Entity spawnRobotAtFloat(float x,
 float y)

spawnRobotAtFloat

public Entity spawnRobotAtFloat(float x,
 float y,
 String robotType)

setWaveManager

public void setWaveManager(WaveManager waveManager)

Sets the WaveManager reference for disposal tracking

Parameters:

waveManager - the WaveManager instance