add virus spawner

growth/level.tscn

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-[gd_scene load_steps=6 format=4 uid="uid://c5qbqj52kr0aw"]
+[gd_scene load_steps=7 format=4 uid="uid://c5qbqj52kr0aw"]
 
 [ext_resource type="PackedScene" uid="uid://dhhnr3xkxbxlu" path="res://player.tscn" id="1_vonw3"]
 [ext_resource type="PackedScene" uid="uid://bsv3h2lpv7h77" path="res://virus.tscn" id="2_oi3di"]
 [ext_resource type="PackedScene" uid="uid://bldi3fw0vmlu3" path="res://music.tscn" id="3_oi3di"]
 [ext_resource type="TileSet" uid="uid://c20bl25rqyf68" path="res://assets/tiles/new_tile_set.tres" id="4_0b4ue"]
-[ext_resource type="PackedScene" uid="uid://cpp7v4jp8kt74" path="res://hand.tscn" id="5_f2txt"]
+[ext_resource type="PackedScene" uid="uid://co8jnr2dew5ts" path="res://hand.tscn" id="5_f2txt"]
+[ext_resource type="Script" uid="uid://dycpk6lxabn1l" path="res://virus_spawner.gd" id="6_1ainy"]
 
 [node name="Level" type="Node2D"]
 
@@ -16,8 +17,6 @@ tile_set = ExtResource("4_0b4ue")
 [node name="Player" parent="." instance=ExtResource("1_vonw3")]
 position = Vector2(-1200, 0)
 
-[node name="Virus" parent="." instance=ExtResource("2_oi3di")]
-
 [node name="MusicMixer" parent="." instance=ExtResource("3_oi3di")]
 scale = Vector2(2, 2)
 
@@ -25,3 +24,12 @@ scale = Vector2(2, 2)
 
 [node name="Hand" parent="CanvasLayer" instance=ExtResource("5_f2txt")]
 unique_name_in_owner = true
+
+[node name="VirusSpawner" type="Node" parent="."]
+script = ExtResource("6_1ainy")
+Virus = ExtResource("2_oi3di")
+
+[node name="Timer" type="Timer" parent="."]
+autostart = true
+
+[connection signal="timeout" from="Timer" to="VirusSpawner" method="_on_timer_timeout"]

growth/player.gd

@@ -99,3 +99,7 @@ func _process(delta):
 			move_state = MoveState.Still;
 
 	move_and_slide();
+
+
+func _on_timer_timeout():
+	pass # Replace with function body.

growth/virus.gd

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 extends Node2D
 
-@export var speed = 400 # How fast the virus will move (pixels/sec).
+@export var speed = 200 # How fast the virus will move (pixels/sec).
-@export var attack_range = 200 # virus vision radius (pixels)
+@export var attack_range = 1000 # virus vision radius (pixels)
 
 # a virus is instantiated as Spawning and transitions (matures) into Spawned
 # after a timer timeout, after which it is activated and ready to do its thing.
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ enum ActionState {Blocked, Waiting, Running}
 var spawning_state
 var action_state
 
-var targets = [] # who the virus will attack
+# temp 0 because of if len == 0 in process
+var targets = [0] # who the virus will attack
 
 func _ready():
 	self.spawning_state = SpawningState.Spawning
@@ -27,15 +28,9 @@ func _process(delta):
 		return # do nothing if no set targets
 
 	# --- determine nearest target
-	var nearest_target = self.targets[0] 
+	var nearest_target = get_node("../../Player").position
-	var shortest_distance = 0
+	var shortest_distance = nearest_target.distance_to(self.position)
-	for i in range(1, self.targets.size()):
+	
-		var target = self.targets[i]
-		var distance = self.position.distance_to(target)
-		if distance < shortest_distance:
-			shortest_distance = distance
-			nearest_target = target
-
 	# --- attack the nearest target, if within range
 	if self.action_state != ActionState.Blocked:
 		if shortest_distance < self.attack_range:

growth/virus_spawner.gd

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+extends Node
+
+@export var Virus : PackedScene
+@export var spawn_distance = 1000
+
+var player
+
+func _ready():
+	self.player = get_node("../Player")
+
+func _process(delta):
+	pass
+
+func _on_timer_timeout():
+	var virus = Virus.instantiate()
+	var direction = Vector2.RIGHT.rotated(randf_range(0, 2*PI))
+	virus.position = player.position + direction * spawn_distance
+	add_child(virus)

growth/virus_spawner.gd.uid

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+uid://dycpk6lxabn1l