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93 lines
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title: "Spawning"
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date: 2019-05-23T18:09:07-07:00
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weight: 10
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---
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In **game/game.ts**...
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```ts
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const ball_entity = world_builder.create_entity();
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const ball_position_component = ball_entity.add_component(PositionComponent);
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ball_position_component.x = 640;
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ball_position_component.y = 360;
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const ball_size = 16;
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const ball_canvas = love.graphics.newCanvas(ball_size, ball_size);
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love.graphics.setCanvas(ball_canvas);
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love.graphics.setBlendMode("alpha");
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love.graphics.setColor(1, 1, 1, 1);
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love.graphics.rectangle("fill", 0, 0, ball_size, ball_size);
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love.graphics.setCanvas();
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const ball_canvas_component = ball_entity.add_component(CanvasComponent);
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ball_canvas_component.canvas = ball_canvas;
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ball_canvas_component.x_scale = 1;
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ball_canvas_component.y_scale = 1;
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```
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OK. We're both thinking it. Why is all this crap going straight in **game.ts**? And there's magic values everywhere! You are absolutely right. Encompass actually has a built-in abstraction Engine for creating new Entities called a Spawner. Let's use one.
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Let's create a new folder: **game/engines/spawners**
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And a new file: **game/engines/spawners/ball.ts**
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```ts
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import { Reads, Spawner } from "encompass-ecs";
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import { CanvasComponent } from "game/components/canvas";
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import { PositionComponent } from "game/components/position";
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import { BallSpawnMessage } from "game/messages/ball_spawn";
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@Reads(BallSpawnMessage)
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export class BallSpawner extends Spawner {
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public spawn(message: BallSpawnMessage) {
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const ball_entity = this.create_entity();
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const ball_position_component = ball_entity.add_component(PositionComponent);
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ball_position_component.x = message.x;
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ball_position_component.y = message.y;
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const ball_canvas = love.graphics.newCanvas(message.size, message.size);
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love.graphics.setCanvas(ball_canvas);
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love.graphics.setBlendMode("alpha");
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love.graphics.setColor(1, 1, 1, 1);
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love.graphics.rectangle("fill", 0, 0, message.size, message.size);
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love.graphics.setCanvas();
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const ball_canvas_component = ball_entity.add_component(CanvasComponent);
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ball_canvas_component.canvas = ball_canvas;
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ball_canvas_component.x_scale = 1;
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ball_canvas_component.y_scale = 1;
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}
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}
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```
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Spawners aren't very complicated. They have one required method: *spawn*.
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The first Message type given to **@Reads** is assumed to be the spawn message type.
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When the Spawner reads a message of the spawn message type, it runs its spawn method once. Simple as that.
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Now let's actually send out the BallSpawnMessage.
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In **game/game.ts**...
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```ts
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...
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world_builder.add_engine(BallSpawner);
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...
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const ball_spawn_message = world_builder.emit_message(BallSpawnMessage);
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ball_spawn_message.x = 640;
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ball_spawn_message.y = 360;
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ball_spawn_message.size = 16;
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...
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```
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Well, it draws, but it's a bit boring without any movement. Let's make it move around.
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