Animal Overview

Introduction

The animal system in the game serves as a core gameplay element, providing players with engaging challenges through diverse enemy encounters. Animals in the game are designed to act as hostile entities that challenge the player through combat. Each animal type has unique movement patterns, attack styles, and animations, all of which contribute to the player’s strategic decisions during encounters. By differentiating animals through configuration, the system allows for a wide variety of enemies that require different approaches to overcome.

System Architecture

Animal Instantiation

All animals are created using the NPCFactory class, which provides a create() method to instantiate animals based on their specifications. The configuration for each animal, including its tasks, animations, and combat stats, is defined in a JSON file (NPCs.json). The factory uses these configurations to build animals with various components that dictate their behaviour and abilities.

Configuration of Animals

Key Components

Integration with Whole System

Future Plans