moonshot

CodeStyle

Naming convention for assets: lowercased with underscores. Assets should be prefixed to indicate the type:

• Fonts: fnt_
• Objects with sprites: obj_
• Objects without sprites: ctrl_
• Paths: pth_
• Sounds: snd_
• Sprites: spr_
• Rooms: Rooms are the exception, they need no prefix and can use CamelCase

Variables are lowerCamelCase.

Structs are UpperCamelCase.

Basic Development Rules

Do not modify properties of other objects directly. Game controllers live outside the viewport (bottom left). Try to write UnitTests in all scripts.

Tests

Run the tests by pressing T after starting the game. Investigate the output in the GameMaker2 console.

EventBus and Events

All events should be defined in scripts/event_bus/event_types

1. Add your event to the eventTypes enum

enum eventTypes {
	BulletHitEvent = 1
}

(enums need to be made out of integers or reals, strings are not allowed)

2. Create your event struct based on the following template ('name' is a mandatory property):

function EventName(_parameter1, _anotherParameter) constructor {
	name = eventTypes.SomeEntry;
	property = _parameter1;
	anotherProperty = _anotherParameter;
}

Example:
function BulletHitEvent(_bulletId) constructor {
	name = eventTypes.BulletHitEvent;
	bulletId = _bulletId;
}

3. Subscribe your event listener with an entry from the enum

global.eventBus.subscribe(eventTypes.BulletHitEvent, [callable]);

4. Emit your event

global.eventBus.emit(new BulletHitEvent(bulletId));