Loot boxes now have ritual items and you can click on them, or the enemy just dies.

assets/devices.json

@@ -60,14 +60,12 @@
       {"_type": "Device", "config": {}, "events": ["LOOT_CONTAINER"]},
       {"_type": "Sprite", "name": "barrel_small", "width": 256, "height": 256, "scale": 1.0},
       {"_type": "Sound", "attack": "pickup", "death": "blank"}
-    ],
-    "inventory_count": 0
+    ]
   },
   "GRAVE_STONE": {
     "id": "GRAVE_STONE",
     "name": "Grave Stone",
     "description": "Something died here. Was this your doing?",
-    "inventory_count": 0,
     "components": [
       {"_type": "Tile", "display": 8687,
         "foreground": [32, 123, 164],

components.hpp

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ namespace components {
     Config tiles;
     Config devices;
     Config bosses;
+    Config rituals;
   };
 
   struct Personality {

gui/main_ui.cpp

@@ -90,9 +90,13 @@ namespace gui {
   }
 
   void MainUI::dead_entity(DinkyECS::Entity entity) {
+    // BUG: this is kind of weird, but I think when I switch to dead bodies for things
+    // (see System::distribute_loot) then this can be fixed or improved
+    if($level.world->has<components::Sprite>(entity)) {
       auto &sprite = $level.world->get<components::Sprite>(entity);
       $rayview.update_sprite(entity, sprite);
     }
+  }
 
   void MainUI::update_level(GameLevel level) {
     $level = level;

save.cpp

@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ void save::load_configs(DinkyECS::World &world) {
   Config tiles("./assets/tiles.json");
   Config devices("./assets/devices.json");
   Config bosses("./assets/bosses.json");
+  Config rituals("./assets/rituals.json");
 
   world.set_the<GameConfig>({
-    game, enemies, items, tiles, devices, bosses
+    game, enemies, items, tiles, devices, bosses, rituals
   });
 }

systems.cpp

@@ -147,34 +147,49 @@ void System::motion(GameLevel &level) {
   });
 }
 
-void System::distribute_loot(World &world, Entity& ent, nlohmann::json& entity_data) {
-  dbc::log("!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS is where you update the dead body contents");
-  int inventory_count = entity_data["inventory_count"];
-  world.set<InventoryItem>(ent, {inventory_count, entity_data});
-  // use the inventory_level to fill the blanket with new items
+void System::distribute_loot(GameLevel &level, Entity& ent) {
+  auto& world = *level.world;
+
+  // BUG: I constantly open a config when I have GameConfig already
+  auto& config = world.get_the<GameConfig>();
 
-  Config config("assets/rituals.json");
   ritual::JunkPile pile;
-  auto& junk = config["junk"];
+  auto& junk = config.rituals["junk"];
 
   ritual::JunkPile select_from;
   for(auto& el : junk.items()) {
     select_from.contents.push_back(el.key());
   }
 
+  int inventory_count = Random::uniform(0, 3);
+  if(inventory_count > 0) {
     for(int i = 0; i < inventory_count; i++) {
       size_t max_junk = select_from.contents.size();
       auto& item = select_from.contents.at(Random::uniform(size_t(0), max_junk-1));
       pile.contents.push_back(item);
     }
 
+    auto entity_data = config.devices["GRAVE_STONE"];
+    components::configure_entity(world, ent, entity_data["components"]);
     world.set<ritual::JunkPile>(ent, pile);
+    // BUG: inventory_count here isn't really used to remove it
+    world.set<InventoryItem>(ent, {inventory_count, entity_data});
+  } else {
+    dbc::log("DEAD BODY NOT IMPLEMENTED, for now just removing enemy");
+    remove_from_world(level, ent);
+    // BUG: should maybe add a component to the world for "dead thing no loot" that
+    // has no collision or goes away after some kind of animation
+    // Something like:
+    // auto entity_data = config.devices["DEAD_BODY"];
+    // components::configure_entity(world, ent, entity_data["components"]);
+    // then give it a collision device that makes it go away and make a sound
+    // or maybe you can walk over dead bodies and they make a noise
+  }
 }
 
 void System::death(GameLevel &level) {
   auto &world = *level.world;
   auto player = world.get_the<Player>();
-  auto& config = world.get_the<GameConfig>();
   std::vector<Entity> dead_things;
 
   world.query<Combat>([&](auto ent, auto &combat) {
@@ -209,18 +224,14 @@ void System::death(GameLevel &level) {
     world.remove<ai::EntityAI>(ent);
     world.remove<Animation>(ent);
     world.remove<SpriteEffect>(ent);
+    world.remove<Sprite>(ent);
 
     if(auto snd = world.get_if<Sound>(ent)) {
       sound::stop(snd->attack);
       sound::play(snd->death);
     }
 
-    auto entity_data = config.devices["GRAVE_STONE"];
-    components::configure_entity(world, ent, entity_data["components"]);
-    if(entity_data["inventory_count"] > 0) {
-      dbc::sentinel("BOOM! this is where you fill in the dead bodies.");
-      System::distribute_loot(world, ent, entity_data);
-    }
+    System::distribute_loot(level, ent);
   }
 }
 
@@ -322,6 +333,15 @@ void System::collision(GameLevel &level) {
   }
 }
 
+void System::remove_from_world(GameLevel &level, Entity entity) {
+  auto& item_pos = level.world->get<Position>(entity);
+  level.collision->remove(item_pos.location);
+  level.world->remove<Tile>(entity);
+  // if you don't do this you get the bug that you can pickup
+  // an item and it'll also be in your inventory
+  level.world->remove<Position>(entity);
+}
+
 void System::pickup(GameLevel &level, Entity entity) {
   auto &world = *level.world;
   auto player = world.get_the<Player>();
@@ -329,12 +349,7 @@ void System::pickup(GameLevel &level, Entity entity) {
   if(world.has<InventoryItem>(entity)) {
     // NOTE: this might need to be a separate system so that people can leave stuff alone
     auto item = world.get<InventoryItem>(entity);
-    auto& item_pos = world.get<Position>(entity);
-    level.collision->remove(item_pos.location);
-    world.remove<Tile>(entity);
-    // if you don't do this you get the bug that you can pickup
-    // an item and it'll also be in your inventory
-    world.remove<Position>(entity);
+    remove_from_world(level, entity);
 
     if(world.has<ritual::JunkPile>(entity)) {
       auto& pile = world.get<ritual::JunkPile>(entity);

systems.hpp

@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ namespace System {
 
   std::shared_ptr<sf::Shader> sprite_effect(GameLevel &level, Entity entity);
   void player_status(GameLevel &level);
-  void distribute_loot(World &world, Entity& ent, nlohmann::json& entity_data);
+  void distribute_loot(GameLevel &level, Entity& ent);
 
   void pickup(GameLevel &level, Entity entity);
 
   bool place_in_container(World& world, Entity cont_id, const string& name, Entity world_entity);
 
   void remove_from_container(World& world, Entity cont_id, const string& name);
-
+  void remove_from_world(GameLevel &level, Entity entity);
 }