im trying to make the enemies in my python arcade game to spawn over time, and progressivley spawn faster, rather than all just spawning at once, cause i want it to be a "how long can you last" kind of game, rather than one with an end goal. i cant figure out how to do this, my only idea is using time.sleep to sleep the program between enemy spawns, but that freezes the whole program instead of just the enemy spawning.
import arcade
import random
import math
import arcade.gui
SPRITE_SCALING = 0.35
SPRITE_SCALING_LASER = 0.8
SCREEN_WIDTH = 1280
SCREEN_HEIGHT = 720
SCREEN_TITLE = "zombier shooter"
ENEMY_COUNT = 20
BULLET_SPEED = 30
MOVEMENT_SPEED = 5
SPRITE_SPEED = 1
INDICATOR_BAR_OFFSET = 32
ENEMY_ATTACK_COOLDOWN = 1
PLAYER_HEALTH = 5
SCENE_MENU = 'SCENE_MENU'
SCENE_GAME = 'SCENE_GAME'
class QuitButton(arcade.gui.UIFlatButton):
def on_click(self, event: arcade.gui.UIOnClickEvent):
arcade.exit()
class Player(arcade.Sprite):
def update(self):
""" moves the player """
# move player.
self.center_x += self.change_x
self.center_y += self.change_y
# check for out of bounds
if self.left < 0:
self.left = 0
elif self.right > SCREEN_WIDTH - 1:
self.right = SCREEN_WIDTH - 1
if self.bottom < 0:
self.bottom = 0
elif self.top > SCREEN_HEIGHT - 1:
self.top = SCREEN_HEIGHT - 1
class Enemy(arcade.Sprite):
"""
This class represents the enemies on our screen.
"""
def follow_sprite(self, player_sprite):
"""
This function will move the current sprite towards whatever
other sprite is specified as a parameter.
"""
if self.center_y < player_sprite.center_y:
self.center_y += min(SPRITE_SPEED, player_sprite.center_y - self.center_y)
elif self.center_y > player_sprite.center_y:
self.center_y -= min(SPRITE_SPEED, self.center_y - player_sprite.center_y)
if self.center_x < player_sprite.center_x:
self.center_x += min(SPRITE_SPEED, player_sprite.center_x - self.center_x)
elif self.center_x > player_sprite.center_x:
self.center_x -= min(SPRITE_SPEED, self.center_x - player_sprite.center_x)
class MyGame(arcade.Window):
"""
main game class
"""
def __init__(self, width, height, title):
"""
initialises stuff
"""
# call the parent class initializer
super().__init__(width, height, title)
self.scene = SCENE_MENU
# variables that will hold sprite lists
self.player_list = None
# set up the player info
self.player_sprite = None
# track the current state of what key is pressed
self.left_pressed = False
self.right_pressed = False
self.up_pressed = False
self.down_pressed = False
# --- Required for all code that uses UI element,
# a UIManager to handle the UI.
self.manager = arcade.gui.UIManager()
self.manager.enable()
# Set background color
arcade.set_background_color(arcade.color.DARK_BLUE_GRAY)
# Create a vertical BoxGroup to align buttons
self.v_box = arcade.gui.UIBoxLayout()
# Create the buttons
start_button = arcade.gui.UIFlatButton(text="Start Game", width=200)
self.v_box.add(start_button.with_space_around(bottom=20))
settings_button = arcade.gui.UIFlatButton(text="Settings", width=200)
self.v_box.add(settings_button.with_space_around(bottom=20))
# Again, method 1. Use a child class to handle events.
quit_button = QuitButton(text="Quit", width=200)
self.v_box.add(quit_button)
# --- Method 2 for handling click events,
# assign self.on_click_start as callback
start_button.on_click = self.on_click_start
# --- Method 3 for handling click events,
# use a decorator to handle on_click events
@settings_button.event("on_click")
def on_click_settings(event):
print("Settings:", event)
# Create a widget to hold the v_box widget, that will center the buttons
self.manager.add(
arcade.gui.UIAnchorWidget(
anchor_x="center_x",
anchor_y="center_y",
child=self.v_box)
)
def setup(self):
""" Set up the game and initialize the variables. """
# sprite lists
self.player_list = arcade.SpriteList()
self.enemy_list = arcade.SpriteList()
self.bullet_list = arcade.SpriteList()
# setup score
self.score = 0
self.score_text = None
# setup health info
self.health = 5
self.health_text = None
self.dead = None
# set up the player
self.player_sprite = Player(":resources:images/animated_characters/female_person/femalePerson_idle.png",
SPRITE_SCALING)
self.player_sprite.center_x = 50
self.player_sprite.center_y = 50
self.player_list.append(self.player_sprite)
for i in range(ENEMY_COUNT):
# enemy texture
enemy = arcade.Sprite(":resources:images/animated_characters/zombie/zombie_idle.png", SPRITE_SCALING)
enemy.center_x = random.randrange(SCREEN_WIDTH)
enemy.center_y = random.randrange(SCREEN_HEIGHT)
self.enemy_list.append(enemy)
def on_draw(self):
""" render the screen. """
# clear the screen
self.clear()
if self.scene == SCENE_MENU:
self.manager.draw()
elif self.scene == SCENE_GAME:
# draw all the sprites.
self.player_list.draw()
self.enemy_list.draw()
self.bullet_list.draw()
# put score text on the screen
output = f"Score: {self.score}"
arcade.draw_text(output, 10, 20, arcade.color.WHITE, 14)
# put helth text on the screen
output = f"Health: {self.health}"
arcade.draw_text(output, 10, 40, arcade.color.WHITE, 14)
if self.health <= 0:
self.player_sprite.remove_from_sprite_lists()
# put u died text on the screen
output = f"YOU DIED"
arcade.draw_text(output, 500, 400, arcade.color.RED, 50)
output = f"Click to Exit"
arcade.draw_text(output, 550, 300, arcade.color.BLACK, 30)
def on_click_start(self, event):
self.setup()
self.scene = SCENE_GAME
self.manager.disable()
print("Start:", event)
def on_mouse_press(self, x, y, button, modifiers):
""" Called whenever the mouse button is clicked. """
if self.health <= 0:
exit()
# create a bullet
bullet = arcade.Sprite(":resources:images/space_shooter/laserBlue01.png", SPRITE_SCALING_LASER)
# Position the bullet at the player's current location
start_x = self.player_sprite.center_x
start_y = self.player_sprite.center_y
bullet.center_x = start_x
bullet.center_y = start_y
# Get from the mouse the destination location for the bullet
# IMPORTANT! If you have a scrolling screen, you will also need
# to add in self.view_bottom and self.view_left.
dest_x = x
dest_y = y
# Do math to calculate how to get the bullet to the destination.
# Calculation the angle in radians between the start points
# and end points. This is the angle the bullet will travel.
x_diff = dest_x - start_x
y_diff = dest_y - start_y
angle = math.atan2(y_diff, x_diff)
# Angle the bullet sprite so it doesn't look like it is flying
# sideways.
bullet.angle = math.degrees(angle)
print(f"Bullet angle: {bullet.angle:.2f}")
# Taking into account the angle, calculate our change_x
# and change_y. Velocity is how fast the bullet travels.
bullet.change_x = math.cos(angle) * BULLET_SPEED
bullet.change_y = math.sin(angle) * BULLET_SPEED
# Add the bullet to the appropriate lists
self.bullet_list.append(bullet)
def update_player_speed(self):
# calculate speed based on the keys pressed
self.player_sprite.change_x = 0
self.player_sprite.change_y = 0
if self.up_pressed and not self.down_pressed:
self.player_sprite.change_y = MOVEMENT_SPEED
elif self.down_pressed and not self.up_pressed:
self.player_sprite.change_y = -MOVEMENT_SPEED
if self.left_pressed and not self.right_pressed:
self.player_sprite.change_x = -MOVEMENT_SPEED
elif self.right_pressed and not self.left_pressed:
self.player_sprite.change_x = MOVEMENT_SPEED
def on_update(self, delta_time):
""" updates values n stuff """
if self.scene == SCENE_GAME:
# call update to move the sprite
self.player_list.update()
# Call update on all sprites
self.bullet_list.update()
# go through each bullet
for bullet in self.bullet_list:
# check each bullet to see if it hit a zombie
hit_list = arcade.check_for_collision_with_list(bullet, self.enemy_list)
# if it did, remove the bullet
if len(hit_list) > 0:
bullet.remove_from_sprite_lists()
# for each enemy we hit with a bullet, remove enemy and add to the score
for enemy in hit_list:
enemy.remove_from_sprite_lists()
self.score += 1
# if bullet goes off screen, then remove it
if bullet.bottom > self.width or bullet.top < 0 or bullet.right < 0 or bullet.left > self.width:
bullet.remove_from_sprite_lists()
for enemy in self.enemy_list:
Enemy.follow_sprite(enemy, self.player_sprite)
# create a list of all sprites that had a collision with the player.
hit_list = arcade.check_for_collision_with_list(self.player_sprite, self.enemy_list)
# go through each sprite, if it got hit, then remove the sprite and lower score and health
for enemy in hit_list:
enemy.remove_from_sprite_lists()
self.score -= 1
self.health -= 1
def on_key_press(self, key, modifiers):
"""called when user presses a key. """
if key == arcade.key.UP:
self.up_pressed = True
self.update_player_speed()
elif key == arcade.key.DOWN:
self.down_pressed = True
self.update_player_speed()
elif key == arcade.key.LEFT:
self.left_pressed = True
self.update_player_speed()
elif key == arcade.key.RIGHT:
self.right_pressed = True
self.update_player_speed()
def on_key_release(self, key, modifiers):
"""called when user releases a key. """
if key == arcade.key.UP:
self.up_pressed = False
self.update_player_speed()
elif key == arcade.key.DOWN:
self.down_pressed = False
self.update_player_speed()
elif key == arcade.key.LEFT:
self.left_pressed = False
self.update_player_speed()
elif key == arcade.key.RIGHT:
self.right_pressed = False
self.update_player_speed()
def main():
""" Main function """
MyGame(SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT, SCREEN_TITLE)
arcade.run()
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
