Melee Enemy Pathfinding

[MichelleAsWell]

Description

Task: Melee Enemy Pathfinding. Feature: Melee Enemy Improvements

Melee Enemies should attack the crystal in the centre of the map. They should move towards the enemy, stop when they encounter obstacles and, if the obstacle is not destroyable, should attempt to find their way around it. Enemies should appear to face the direction they are moving.

Dependencies

• [x] Existence of melee enemies (#3)
• [ ] Creation of directional sprites

Milestones

List of steps that need to be completed for this task.

• [x] (Sep. 08) Pathfinding algorithm written
• [x] (Sep. 09) Pathfinding testing completed
• [ ] (Sep. 09) Directional sprites implemented
• [ ] (Sep. 11) Directional sprite testing completed

Completion Deadline: Sep. 12

Extras (optional)

• [ ] Different pathfinding algorithms for some other enemies - attack specific buildings

Documentation

• Wiki: Melee Enemies

Member

• Michelle (@MichelleAsWell) (Michelle Sands)

[MichelleAsWell]

Note that a quick conversation with team 7 today (studio session 7/9/22) confirmed that all buildings will be attackable & destroyable by enemies, which will simplify the algorithm - less avoidance required

[MichelleAsWell]

I went a little overboard with this one and tried to implement a repeated attack task, which has caused a lot of problems & wasted a fair amount of time. Note that this (having melee enemies attack more than once) might be worth implementing for the next sprint