SFML Game Development

Creating enemies

Enemies are other instances of the Aircraft class. They appear at the top of the screen and move downwards, until they fly past the bottom of the screen. Most properties are the same for the player and enemies, so we only explain the new aircraft functionality.

Movement patterns

By default, enemies fly downwards in a straight line. But it would be nice if different enemies moved differently, giving the feeling of a very basic artificial intelligence (AI). Thus, we introduce specific movement patterns. Such a pattern can be described as a sequence of directions to which the enemy airplane heads. A direction consists of an angle and a distance.

struct Direction { Direction(float angle, float distance); float angle; float distance; ...