README.md

Monsters

Server should instantiate NPC monsters into the game. The engine should treat players and monsters exactly the same, this will reduce additional required code.

Components Required

( Monster Entity )

• lifeforms.rs
  • Add enum LifeFormType
    • This will be used on the serverside to determine if the AI should operate on it
• Transform
• SpriteRender

Resources Required (Server)

• PlayerList
  • Refactor to be LifeformList
  • Contains a list of all the monsters (and players) in the game

Systems Required (Client)

• PlayerManSystem
  • This should be refactored into "LifeformManSystem"

Systems Required (Server)

• MonsterAiSystem (new)
  • Monsters should do some action every x ms (500 or something)
  • This should push actions into the io list
  • Actions are then acted on in the playerman system
• PlayerManSystem
  • Refactored to LifeformManSystem

State Required (server)

• ServerState
  • Should create the lifeformlist
  • Should insert all monsters
    • These are loaded in MapList::new()

Other Objects

• Cmd::InsertPlayer

  • Refactor to IntertLifeform

• Cmd::UpdatePlayer

  • Refactor to UpdateLifeform

• Cmd::RemovePlayer

  • Refactor to RemoveLifeform

• map.rs

  • During an "new" event, should populate a "lifeformlist"
  • That is drained out
  • Should not draw L7 on the player side.