EnemySpawner.h

00001 #ifndef ENEMYSPAWNER_H
00002 #define ENEMYSPAWNER_H
00003 
00004 #include "mbed.h"
00005 #include "Gamepad.h"
00006 #include "Enemy.h"
00007 
00008 
00009 /** EnemySpawner Class
00010 @author Adam Jones, University of Leeds
00011 @brief Creates and controls the levels of the game
00012 @date April 2019
00013 @brief Revision 1.0
00014 
00015 @code
00016 #include "Enemy.h"
00017 #include "mbed.h"
00018 #include "Gamepad.h"
00019 
00020 
00021 int main()
00022 { 
00023     //setup pointer to enemy array
00024     Enemy *_enemies;
00025     //setup level enemy spawner object 
00026     EnemySpawner _level;
00027     
00028     
00029     //create level and return array of enemies
00030     int _levelNumber = 1 //integer level number
00031     _enemies = _level.init(_levelNumber);
00032     
00033     //returns number of enemies in level
00034      int numOfEnemies = _level.get_number_of_enemies()
00035      
00036      //updates level 
00037     _level.update(_fps);
00038 }
00039 
00040 @endcode
00041 
00042 
00043 */ 
00044 
00045 
00046 class EnemySpawner
00047 {
00048 
00049 public:
00050     EnemySpawner();
00051     ~EnemySpawner();
00052 
00053     /** 
00054     * @brief Initialises the game level
00055     * @param level @details the number of the level of the game
00056     * @returns Enemy* @details a pointer to an array of enemy objects 
00057     */
00058     Enemy* init(int level);
00059     
00060     /** 
00061     * @brief Updates to keep track of the time and tell indicidual enemies when to begin moving
00062     * @param fps @details the fps of the game
00063     */
00064     void update(int fps);
00065     
00066     /** 
00067     * @brief Gets the number of enemies in level
00068     * @returns number of enemies @details an integer value of the number of enemies in the level
00069     */
00070     int get_number_of_enemies();
00071     
00072 private:
00073     float _minTimeBetweenSpawns;
00074     float _timeIntoLevel;
00075     int _number_of_enemies;
00076     Enemy *_enemies;
00077     int _level;
00078 };
00079 
00080 #endif