Object Teams

[azriel91]

In GitLab by @azriel91 on Jun 25, 2019, 10:27

There are a number of groupings for teams. In increasing grouping concepts:

1. Individual entity: Each entity is whole on its own.
2. Object: Entity components. Each group of components is a whole.
3. Object + spawned objects: Objects spawned by other objects are considered a whole.
4. Teams: Groups of players form a team.
5. Clans: Multiple teams form a clan.
6. ...

Game play mechanics tend to be concerned with level 2 through 4:

• Level 2: Allow spawned objects to hit / heal self.
• Level 3: Free for all / enable friendly fire.
• Level 4: To win a round, only players from one team must remain.

Level 5 and above would be social constructs, potentially implemented later.

One way of implementing this is to have a component per grouping, and have a list of filters (in decreasing order?) to determine if an Interaction interacts with a Body.