Spells

A spell can modify the target it's stats.

Target types:

0 Selected
- Gets target before casting.
- Only 1 target
- Can have range.
- Can have facing angle.
1 Self
- Get target (self) before casting.
- Only 1 target
- Has no range.
- Has no facing angle.
2 Range
- Gets target(s) on apply.
- Can have multiple targets.
- Must have range.
- Has no facing angle.

Data structure (spells.json)

index	valueType	default	description
0 castTime	float	0.0	Amount of time in seconds it takes to cast this spell.
1 coolDown	float	0.0	Amount of time in seconds it takes this spell to cool-down after being casted.
2 methodId	int	0	This is meant for extra scripting in the future.
3 targetType	int	0	selected, self or range
4 range	list	[0.0, 0.0]	[float min, float max]
5 facingAngle	int	0	0 - 359
6 impactPoints	int	0	Negative values will do damage, while positive values will heal.
7 energyCost	int	0	Energy it will cost the caster to cast this spell.
8 name	str	""	Display name
9 icon	str	""	Icon path
10 desc	str	""	Description

Routine:

startCast
- check if caster may cast.
- - caster is not dead
- - caster is not casting
- - caster has enough energy
- - spell is not cooling
- if targetType in [selected, self]
- - get target
- - do target checks
- - - target is not dead
- - - caster is facing target
- - - caster is in range of target
- - - if impactPoints are positive
- - - - check if target doesn't have max health
- - - if impactPoints are negative
- - - - check if target is not caster (cannot attack self)
- do casting time
- - set casting animation
- - set SpellStatus.casting
- apply spell and do spell cool-down (after casting time)
- - set SpellStatus.fire
- - subtract energy from caster
- - set casting to False
- - if targetType == range
- - - get targets in range
- - - - do target checks
- finalize (after cool-down) ___

Animations and VFX

Nothing of this is implemented yet. Just some idea's/notes.

Casting

casting animation
casting effects
projectile
projectile casting effects

Shooting

shoot animation
shoot effects
projectile shoot effects

Impact

projectile impact effect
target impact animation
target impact effect ___

References