Maze Shadow Mob - Code References

Maze Shadow is a mob entity implemented primarily through Lua scripting with JSON configuration.

The entity kind for this mob is:

maze_shadow

Configuration file: MazeShadow.json

Key configuration properties:

• defenseSkill: 15
• attackSkill: 10
• experience: 5
• maxLevel: 10
• damageMin: 5
• damageMax: 10
• baseSpeed: 2
• attackDelay: 0.5
• hitPoints: 20
• name: Shadow_Name (string resource key)
• description: Shadow_Desc (string resource key)
• spriteDesc: spritesDesc/Shadow.json
• canBePet: true
• walkingType: WALL
• scriptFile: scripts/mobs/MazeShadow
• aiState: Wandering

Script file: MazeShadow.lua

The mob uses a custom interact function that swaps positions with the player:

local RPD = require "scripts/lib/commonClasses"
local mob = require"scripts/lib/mob"
 
return mob.init({
    interact = function(self, chr)
        local ownPos  = self:getPos()
        local newPos  = chr:getPos()
 
        self:move(newPos)
        self:getSprite():move(ownPos, newPos)
 
        chr:move(ownPos)
        chr:getSprite():move(newPos, ownPos)
    end
})

String resource keys used:

• Shadow_Name

  - Mob name

• Shadow_Name_Objective

  - Objective form of name

• Shadow_Desc

  - Mob description

• Shadow_Gender

  - Gender reference

Example English strings (from values/strings_all.xml):

<string name="Shadow_Name">Shadow</string>
<string name="Shadow_Name_Objective">Shadow</string>
<string name="Shadow_Desc">Shadows silently wander the ruins of the old prison. They only occasionally show themselves to adventurers, usually on their last adventure.</string>

Sprite description: Shadow.json

Wiki image:

maze_shadow_mob.png

• Similar mob: Shadow - Regular shadow mob
• Similar mob: Shadow Lord - Boss variant