errant

Game unit ideas

import time
 
class BaseUnit (object):
    BarFillTime = 10
    BarRefillModifier = 1
    AttackCount = 0
    LastAttackTime = Null
    def _attack(self):
        # master API call
        # dont subclass :)
        self.LastAttackTime = int(time.time())
        # call the subclasses custom attack
        self.attack()
 
    def attack(self):
        # do custom attack here
        print "KILL THEM ALL"
 
    def checkBarProgress(self)
        # i.e. when the bar will next be full
        # subclass in each unit for customisation
        if self.LastAttackTime == NULL: self._attack()
 
        # calculate seconds since last attack and compare to our FillTime + Modifier
        if (int(time.time()) - self.LastAttackTime) >= (self.BarFillTime + (self.AttackAcount * self.BarRefillModifier)):
            # if "full" then call attack
            self._attack()
            # incremement the count
            self.AttackAcount += 1
            print "Next attack in %is" % (self.AttackAcount * self.BarRefillModifier))
 
unit = BaseUnit()
# loop indefinitely
while 1:
    # check for bar progress
    unit.checkBarProgress()
    # only do this 5 times to show it working
    if unit.AttackAcount == 5:
        break
 
print "Battle over"
 
 
'''
OUTPUTS
 
KILL THEM ALL
Next attack is in 11s
KILL THEM ALL
Next attack is in 12s
KILL THEM ALL
Next attack is in 13s
KILL THEM ALL
Next attack is in 14s
KILL THEM ALL
Next attack is in 15s
Battle over
 
'''