engine.level.Level

Level class that holds current level state. It provides function that simulates one tick, and function that restarts level.

Properties:

• level_name - string holding level name.
• level_creator - string holding level creator's name.
• block_placement - matrix containing id's of blocks located on board
• snake_data - list of dictionaries, each describing one snake.
• available_blocks - list of pairs, each containing block id and number of times player can use them.
• snake_pointer - integer pointing to snakes list, informing which snake is going to move next tick.
• board - engine.board.Board object, current board state
• snakes - list of engine.snake.Snake objects, snakes located on board.

Constructor

Takes file_name. Constructor method, loads dictionary which represents level and sets class attributes. Creates initial board and snakes.

reload_level()

Method used to reload level to state given in file.

reload_simulation()

Method used to reload level to state before starting last simulation. If simulation is inactive, nothing happens.

backup_board()

Mehtod used to make current board state backup. Backup includes only block placement.

reload_board()

Mehtod used to restore board to state stored in board_backup.

convert_board()

Method used to set board to board that is represented by block_placement.

convert_snakes()

Method used to set snakes to list of snakes that are represented by snake_data.

convert_available_blocks()

Method used to set self_available_blocks to list of engine.Block objects. Those are blocks that player can use.

is_any_alive()

Method used to check if any snake is alive. Returns True if so, False otherwise.

tick()

Method used to simulate one tick. It moves snake, updates snake_pointer. Returns -1 if all snakes are dead, 0 otherwise.

update_snake_pointer()

Method used to update snake_pointer attribute to next snake who is alive.

self_draw(frame)

Method used to draw board in frame.

get_board()

Getter for 'board' attribute