Anatomy of A Thing - YeOldeDM/realms-of-todog GitHub Wiki

A Thing is an instance of something which exists within the dungeon. Anything that is not the dungeon floors and walls will be a Thing.

A Thing is made up of a root Thing Node, with optional Component Node children.

Thing: The root of all Things

• _rpg_process mainloop
• description text
• cell position
• SID SpawnID
• blocks_movement, blocks_sight flags
• found, in_inventory state
• cell_changed signal
• about_to_act acted signals

All components are made to be direct children of Thing.

Fighter: A Thing that can take/deal damage, and equip Gear

• hp
• current_hp
• take_damage() heal_damage() function
• attack() function

Item: A Thing which can be placed in the inventory and "used" for various effects

• weight

Equipment: An Item Thing that can be equipped to a Gear slot

• slot

FX: A visual effect that removes itself after some time