Laboratory Initialization

Overview

Laboratory create a Laboratory for the player and companion to access and spawn different powerups to assist the player.

Design

Laboratory asset was selected to fits the overall Game Design objective.

Gameplay

When a player or companion approaches a powerup and presses M key, the lab window pops up. player can spawn particular powerups through this lab window.

Usage

Initialisation:

1. Initialise a new LaboratoryFactory
2. Addition of physics components.
3. Toggle the lab window.

Example:

 Entity laboratory = new Entity()
                .addComponent(new TextureRenderComponent(config.spritePath))
                .addComponent(new ColliderComponent().setLayer(PhysicsLayer.LABORATORY))
                .addComponent(new PhysicsComponent().setBodyType(BodyDef.BodyType.StaticBody))
                .addComponent(new HitboxComponent().setLayer(PhysicsLayer.LABORATORY))
                .addComponent(new CombatStatsComponent(4, 0, 0, false));

Spawn Laboratory:

 private void spawnLaboratory(){
        LaboratoryConfig laboratoryConfig = mapConfig.areaEntityConfig.getEntity(LaboratoryConfig.class);
        if (laboratoryConfig !=null){
            Entity newLaboratory = LaboratoryFactory.createLaboratory();
            spawnEntityAt(newLaboratory, laboratoryConfig.position, true,false);
        }
    }

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