Is there a boolean method to know whether `gameEngine` is paused or not in Flutter Flame?

Question

I would like to check if gameEngine is paused in if statement, but it seems there is no such method.

if (isGameEnginePaused) {
   //Do something
}

Answer 1

If you are within a FlameGame instance you can simply check the paused flag.

class YourGame extends FlameGame {
  ...
  if(paused) {
    // whatever you want to do
  }
}

Do note that the update-loop won't be running when the game is paused, so you can't do the check within an update method.

To check from outside of the game you can just use:

if(game.paused) {
  // whatever you want to do
}