Creating multiple Enemies in kivy game

Question

I am currently working on a space inavders game in kivy. I have a spaceship and it shoots bullets to the enemies. The enemies move to the right and when they hit the border they turn left and it happens again and again. Everything works perfect. I can shoot and enemy is moving. But the problem is I cant create multiple enemies. I have to put a own class for every enemy and write the same code again and again. My idea was that I will create a enemy list and then display them from the list . So that it looks like there are multiple enemies. But I have no ideas how I could do it and I am failing to do it from one day.Also when you another ideas, it would be great if you suggest them. Here is my code.

The enemy class:

class Enemy(Widget):
    def collision(self,ball,enemy,enemy1):
        if self.collide_widget(ball):
            enemy.y = randint(300,500)
            enemy1.y = randint(300,500)
            ball.x = -1000
            ball.y = self.height / self.width

My Main Game Class:

class SapceGame(Widget):
enemy = ObjectProperty(None)
    enemy = ObjectProperty(None)
    x_change = NumericProperty(3)
    y_change = NumericProperty(-50)

    def enemy_movement(self, *args):
        self.enemy.x -= self.x_change
        if self.enemy.x  >= self.width -64:
            self.x_change = 3
            self.enemy.y += self.y_change
        elif self.enemy.x  <=0:
            self.x_change = -3
            self.enemy.y += self.y_change
        elif self.enemy.y < 0:
            print('Game Over')
    def update(self,dt):
        self.enemy_movement()

My kv file:

<Enemy>:
    size: 64,64
    canvas:
        Rectangle:
            pos:self.pos
            size: self.size
            source:'alien.png'
<SpaceGame>:
    ball: pong_ball
    ship: space_ship
    enemy: enemy_ship
    Enemy:
       id:enemy_ship
       x:root.random_generator(2,root.width-64)
       y:root.random_generator(300,550)

the App class

class SpaceApp(App):

    def build(self):
        game = PongGame()

        # pro second 60 frames are shown
        Clock.schedule_interval(game.update, 1.0/60.0)

        return game



SpaceApp().run()


Now when I want to create more enemies I have to write the same code again and again.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 01 '20 at 02:46

One of the main concepts of object oriented programming is that each object handles its own behavior. So, your Enemy object should know how to move. Then, you just need to keep a list of Enemy objects, and tell each one to do its move behavior on each update.

Here is modified version of your code that does that:

from random import randint
from kivy.app import App
from kivy.clock import Clock
from kivy.lang import Builder
from kivy.properties import ObjectProperty, NumericProperty, ListProperty
from kivy.uix.widget import Widget


class Enemy(Widget):
    x_change = NumericProperty(3)
    y_change = NumericProperty(-50)

    def collision(self,ball,enemy,enemy1):
        if self.collide_widget(ball):
            enemy.y = randint(300,500)
            enemy1.y = randint(300,500)
            ball.x = -1000
            ball.y = self.height / self.width

    def move(self, *args):
        self.x -= self.x_change
        if self.x  >= self.parent.width -64:
            self.x_change = 3
            self.y += self.y_change
        elif self.x  <=0:
            self.x_change = -3
            self.y += self.y_change
        if self.y < 0:
            print('Game Over')
            App.get_running_app().stop_game()


class SpaceGame(Widget):
    enemies = ListProperty([])

    def add_enemy(self, *args):
        enemy = Enemy()
        enemy.pos = (randint(0, self.width - 64), self.height - 64)
        self.add_widget(enemy)
        self.enemies.append(enemy)

    def update(self,dt):
        for enemy in self.enemies:
            enemy.move()

Builder.load_string('''
<Enemy>:
    size_hint: None, None
    size: 64,64
    canvas:
        Rectangle:
            pos:self.pos
            size: self.size
            source:'alien.png'
''')


class SpaceApp(App):

    def build(self):
        game = SpaceGame()

        # add enemies at 5 second intervals
        self.new_enemy_event = Clock.schedule_interval(game.add_enemy, 5)

        # pro second 60 frames are shown
        self.updateEvent = Clock.schedule_interval(game.update, 1.0/60.0)

        return game

    def stop_game(self):
        self.updateEvent.cancel()
        self.new_enemy_event.cancel()


SpaceApp().run()

Hi, that was awesome. Thank you some much. But I have two questions can I control the enemies number like . I want for example 6 enemies, instead of adding enemies pro 5 seconds. And how can I handle the score. I can handle the collision, but I cant handle the score in the kv file. I cant get the reference from the kv file — Lalli Garden, May 01 '20 at 07:21
Ow I fixed it, I justed need a or loop for my wished enemies. But could you help me at the score.In my kv file I have text: str(root.enemy.score).And in the enemy class I have score = NumericProperty(0) and everytime it collides I add self.score +=1 . But I get a error that it cant get the reference of my label. I cant connect my label to my enemy class — Lalli Garden, May 01 '20 at 08:09

Creating multiple Enemies in kivy game

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