feat(world): add a batchActor function activated by a bool in tiled

This way, you can add multiple actors with just one tiled object. It 
also bring better feature parity with Imperium Porcorum.

Fixes #10

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - **world/camera:** Add support for Head-Up-Display
 
+- **world:** Support batching actor loading
+
 ### Changed
 
 - **world:** automatize world integration in a scene

examples/gameplay/plateform/assets/platformer.lua

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 return {
   version = "1.2",
   luaversion = "5.1",
-  tiledversion = "1.2.2",
+  tiledversion = "1.2.4",
   orientation = "orthogonal",
   renderorder = "right-down",
   width = 150,
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ return {
   tilewidth = 16,
   tileheight = 16,
   nextlayerid = 6,
-  nextobjectid = 24,
+  nextobjectid = 25,
   backgroundcolor = { 0, 170, 255 },
   properties = {},
   tilesets = {
@@ -271,83 +271,20 @@ return {
       draworder = "topdown",
       properties = {},
       objects = {
-        {
-          id = 9,
-          name = "",
-          type = "",
-          shape = "rectangle",
-          x = 512,
-          y = 2160,
-          width = 16,
-          height = 16,
-          rotation = 0,
-          visible = true,
-          properties = {}
-        },
         {
           id = 11,
           name = "",
           type = "",
           shape = "rectangle",
-          x = 480,
+          x = 464,
           y = 2160,
-          width = 16,
+          width = 128,
           height = 16,
           rotation = 0,
           visible = true,
-          properties = {}
-        },
-        {
-          id = 12,
-          name = "",
-          type = "",
-          shape = "rectangle",
-          x = 544,
-          y = 2160,
-          width = 16,
-          height = 16,
-          rotation = 0,
-          visible = true,
-          properties = {}
-        },
-        {
-          id = 13,
-          name = "",
-          type = "",
-          shape = "rectangle",
-          x = 576,
-          y = 2160,
-          width = 16,
-          height = 16,
-          rotation = 0,
-          visible = true,
-          properties = {}
-        },
-        {
-          id = 14,
-          name = "",
-          type = "",
-          shape = "rectangle",
-          x = 368,
-          y = 2208,
-          width = 16,
-          height = 16,
-          rotation = 0,
-          visible = true,
-          properties = {}
-        },
-        {
-          id = 15,
-          name = "",
-          type = "",
-          shape = "rectangle",
-          x = 400,
-          y = 2208,
-          width = 16,
-          height = 16,
-          rotation = 0,
-          visible = true,
-          properties = {}
+          properties = {
+            ["batchActor"] = true
+          }
         },
         {
           id = 16,
@@ -356,76 +293,15 @@ return {
           shape = "rectangle",
           x = 336,
           y = 2208,
-          width = 16,
+          width = 80,
           height = 16,
           rotation = 0,
           visible = true,
-          properties = {}
-        },
-        {
-          id = 17,
-          name = "",
-          type = "",
-          shape = "rectangle",
-          x = 112,
-          y = 2224,
-          width = 16,
-          height = 16,
-          rotation = 0,
-          visible = true,
-          properties = {}
-        },
-        {
-          id = 18,
-          name = "",
-          type = "",
-          shape = "rectangle",
-          x = 144,
-          y = 2224,
-          width = 16,
-          height = 16,
-          rotation = 0,
-          visible = true,
-          properties = {}
-        },
-        {
-          id = 19,
-          name = "",
-          type = "",
-          shape = "rectangle",
-          x = 176,
-          y = 2224,
-          width = 16,
-          height = 16,
-          rotation = 0,
-          visible = true,
-          properties = {}
-        },
-        {
-          id = 20,
-          name = "",
-          type = "",
-          shape = "rectangle",
-          x = 256,
-          y = 2272,
-          width = 16,
-          height = 16,
-          rotation = 0,
-          visible = true,
-          properties = {}
-        },
-        {
-          id = 21,
-          name = "",
-          type = "",
-          shape = "rectangle",
-          x = 256,
-          y = 2240,
-          width = 16,
-          height = 16,
-          rotation = 0,
-          visible = true,
-          properties = {}
+          properties = {
+            ["batchActor"] = true,
+            ["gheight"] = 32,
+            ["gwidth"] = 32
+          }
         },
         {
           id = 22,
@@ -435,10 +311,31 @@ return {
           x = 256,
           y = 2208,
           width = 16,
+          height = 80,
+          rotation = 0,
+          visible = true,
+          properties = {
+            ["batchActor"] = true,
+            ["gheight"] = 32,
+            ["gwidth"] = 32
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          id = 24,
+          name = "",
+          type = "",
+          shape = "rectangle",
+          x = 112,
+          y = 2224,
+          width = 80,
           height = 16,
           rotation = 0,
           visible = true,
-          properties = {}
+          properties = {
+            ["batchActor"] = true,
+            ["gheight"] = 32,
+            ["gwidth"] = 32
+          }
         }
       }
     },

examples/gameplay/plateform/assets/platformer.tmx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<map version="1.2" tiledversion="1.2.2" orientation="orthogonal" renderorder="right-down" width="150" height="150" tilewidth="16" tileheight="16" infinite="0" backgroundcolor="#00aaff" nextlayerid="6" nextobjectid="24">
+<map version="1.2" tiledversion="1.2.4" orientation="orthogonal" renderorder="right-down" width="150" height="150" tilewidth="16" tileheight="16" infinite="0" backgroundcolor="#00aaff" nextlayerid="6" nextobjectid="25">
  <tileset firstgid="1" source="monkeylad_further.tsx"/>
  <layer id="1" name="Calque de Tile 1" width="150" height="150">
   <data encoding="csv">
@@ -161,19 +161,32 @@
   <object id="8" x="464" y="2192" width="128" height="16"/>
  </objectgroup>
  <objectgroup id="4" name="coin">
-  <object id="9" x="512" y="2160" width="16" height="16"/>
-  <object id="11" x="480" y="2160" width="16" height="16"/>
-  <object id="12" x="544" y="2160" width="16" height="16"/>
-  <object id="13" x="576" y="2160" width="16" height="16"/>
-  <object id="14" x="368" y="2208" width="16" height="16"/>
-  <object id="15" x="400" y="2208" width="16" height="16"/>
-  <object id="16" x="336" y="2208" width="16" height="16"/>
-  <object id="17" x="112" y="2224" width="16" height="16"/>
-  <object id="18" x="144" y="2224" width="16" height="16"/>
-  <object id="19" x="176" y="2224" width="16" height="16"/>
-  <object id="20" x="256" y="2272" width="16" height="16"/>
-  <object id="21" x="256" y="2240" width="16" height="16"/>
-  <object id="22" x="256" y="2208" width="16" height="16"/>
+  <object id="11" x="464" y="2160" width="128" height="16">
+   <properties>
+    <property name="batchActor" type="bool" value="true"/>
+   </properties>
+  </object>
+  <object id="16" x="336" y="2208" width="80" height="16">
+   <properties>
+    <property name="batchActor" type="bool" value="true"/>
+    <property name="gheight" type="int" value="32"/>
+    <property name="gwidth" type="int" value="32"/>
+   </properties>
+  </object>
+  <object id="22" x="256" y="2208" width="16" height="80">
+   <properties>
+    <property name="batchActor" type="bool" value="true"/>
+    <property name="gheight" type="int" value="32"/>
+    <property name="gwidth" type="int" value="32"/>
+   </properties>
+  </object>
+  <object id="24" x="112" y="2224" width="80" height="16">
+   <properties>
+    <property name="batchActor" type="bool" value="true"/>
+    <property name="gheight" type="int" value="32"/>
+    <property name="gwidth" type="int" value="32"/>
+   </properties>
+  </object>
  </objectgroup>
  <objectgroup id="5" name="player">
   <object id="23" x="80" y="2272" width="16" height="32"/>

gamecore/modules/world/baseworld.lua

@@ -231,13 +231,35 @@ function BaseWorld:loadMapActors()
     if self:isActorIndexed(objectlayer.name) then
       print("DEBUG: loading actors in " .. objectlayer.name .. " actor layer")
         for k, object in pairs(objectlayer.objects) do
-          self:newActor(objectlayer.name, object.x, object.y)
+          if (object.properties.batchActor) then
+            self:batchActor(objectlayer.name, object)
+          else
+            self:newActor(objectlayer.name, object.x, object.y)
+          end
         end
         self.map:removeLayer(objectlayer.name)
     end
   end
 end
 
+function BaseWorld:batchActor(name, object)
+  local gwidth   = object.properties.gwidth  or self.map.tilewidth
+  local gheight  = object.properties.gheight or self.map.tileheight
+  local x = object.x
+  local y = object.y
+  local w = object.width
+  local h = object.height
+
+  local cellHor   = math.ceil(w / gwidth)
+  local cellVert  = math.ceil(h / gheight)
+
+  for i=1, cellHor do
+    for j=1, cellVert do
+      self:newActor(name, x + (i-1)*gwidth, y + (j-1)*gheight)
+    end
+  end
+end
+
 function BaseWorld:loadMapPlayers()
   for k, objectlayer in pairs(self.map.layers) do
     if (objectlayer.name == "player") then