public void CreateEnemies()
{
enemy1 = new Goomba(1); //in current version, Goomba is always enemy1 because Goomba always appears on the EnemyAppearsForm
Random randEnemy = new Random();
int enemy2_ID = randEnemy.Next(TYPES_OF_ENEMIES) + 1; //The random number generated will be one of the ID values of the current enemy classes available for building
enemy2 = BuildEnemyCaller(enemy2, enemy2_ID, 2); //first parameter is the abstract object in memory to derive, second param is used as detailed above, third param is used for sprite display
Thread.Sleep(2000); //Sleep function is used to ensure enough time passes before calling randomEnemy.Next()
int enemy3_ID = randEnemy.Next(TYPES_OF_ENEMIES) + 1;
enemy3 = BuildEnemyCaller(enemy3, enemy3_ID, 3);
Thread.Sleep(2000);
}
public BattleEnemy BuildEnemyCaller(BattleEnemy enemyToSet, int id, int spotOnScreen) //named this because this function calls the appropriate object's constructor
{
switch (id)
{
case 1:
enemyToSet = new Goomba(spotOnScreen);
break;
case 2:
enemyToSet = new SpikedGoomba(spotOnScreen);
break;
case 3:
enemyToSet = new Paragoomba(spotOnScreen);
break;
}
return(enemyToSet);
}