Enemies From the Map

Part of the Worlds section of Coddy's Pygame journey. Lesson 27 of 35.

The blobs are placed with numbers in the code, while everything else in the level comes from the map. Put them in the map too: an E is an enemy standing on that tile.

elif char == "E":
    blobs.add(Blob((col * TILE + TILE // 2, row * TILE + TILE)))

(col * TILE + TILE // 2, row * TILE + TILE) is the bottom middle of the tile, the same point the player starts from. The blob's Rect puts its bottom middle there, so it stands on the ground under the E. Make the group before the loops, so the loops can add to it.

Now designing a level is typing: move an E and the blob moves; add one and there is another blob. Put each E on a tile with ground under it, or the blob turns at once and stands still.

Challenge

Easy

Make blobs = pygame.sprite.Group() before the map loops.
In the loops, for each E, add Blob((col * TILE + TILE // 2, row * TILE + TILE)) to blobs.
Remove the line that made the two blobs at fixed points.

Try it yourself

import pygame

TILE = 36
SPEED = 4
GRAVITY = 1
JUMP = -15
MAX_FALL = 12

LEVEL = [
    "................",
    "................",
    "................",
    "...........E....",
    "..........####..",
    "....E...........",
    "...####.........",
    "................",
    "#.P.........E..#",
    "################",
]

pygame.init()
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((576, 360))
pygame.display.set_caption("Enemies From the Map")
clock = pygame.time.Clock()

background = pygame.image.load("assets/backgrounds/clouds.png").convert_alpha()
block_img = pygame.image.load("assets/images/block.png").convert_alpha()
player_img = pygame.image.load("assets/images/player.png").convert_alpha()
blob_img = pygame.image.load("assets/images/blob.png").convert_alpha()
blob_walk_img = pygame.image.load("assets/images/blob_walk.png").convert_alpha()


class Blob(pygame.sprite.Sprite):
    def __init__(self, midbottom):
        super().__init__()
        self.image = blob_img
        self.rect = pygame.Rect(0, 0, 30, 26)
        self.rect.midbottom = midbottom
        self.direction = 1
        self.frames = [blob_img, blob_walk_img]
        self.timer = 0

    def update(self):
        self.timer += 1
        self.image = self.frames[self.timer // 10 % 2]
        self.rect.x += self.direction
        if self.direction > 0:
            ahead = self.rect.right
        else:
            ahead = self.rect.left - 1
        hit_wall = any(self.rect.colliderect(wall) for wall in walls)
        ground_ahead = any(wall.collidepoint(ahead, self.rect.bottom) for wall in walls)
        if hit_wall or not ground_ahead:
            self.rect.x -= self.direction
            self.direction = -self.direction

walls = []
for row, line in enumerate(LEVEL):
    for col, char in enumerate(line):
        if char == "#":
            walls.append(pygame.Rect(col * TILE, row * TILE, TILE, TILE))
        elif char == "P":
            start = (col * TILE + TILE // 2, row * TILE + TILE)

blobs = pygame.sprite.Group(Blob((432, 144)), Blob((432, 324)))
player = player_img.get_rect(midbottom=start)
vel_y = 0
on_ground = False

running = True
while running:
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            running = False
        elif event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN and event.key in (pygame.K_SPACE, pygame.K_UP):
            if on_ground:
                vel_y = JUMP
        elif event.type == pygame.KEYUP and event.key in (pygame.K_SPACE, pygame.K_UP):
            if vel_y < -4:
                vel_y = -4

    keys = pygame.key.get_pressed()
    dx = 0
    if keys[pygame.K_LEFT]:
        dx -= SPEED
    if keys[pygame.K_RIGHT]:
        dx += SPEED

    player.x += dx
    for wall in walls:
        if player.colliderect(wall):
            if dx > 0:
                player.right = wall.left
            elif dx < 0:
                player.left = wall.right

    vel_y = min(vel_y + GRAVITY, MAX_FALL)
    player.y += vel_y
    on_ground = False
    for wall in walls:
        if player.colliderect(wall):
            if vel_y > 0:
                player.bottom = wall.top
                on_ground = True
            elif vel_y < 0:
                player.top = wall.bottom
            vel_y = 0

    blobs.update()

    for blob in blobs:
        if player.colliderect(blob.rect):
            if vel_y > 0 and player.bottom < blob.rect.centery:
                blob.kill()
                vel_y = -8
            else:
                player.midbottom = start
                vel_y = 0

    for y in range(0, 360, 72):
        for x in range(0, 576, 72):
            screen.blit(background, (x, y))
    for wall in walls:
        screen.blit(block_img, wall)
    for blob in blobs:
        screen.blit(blob.image, blob.image.get_rect(midbottom=blob.rect.midbottom))
    screen.blit(player_img, player)
    pygame.display.flip()
    clock.tick(60)

pygame.quit()