A little bit nicer but ultimately the way the system talks to the GUI needs a redesign to be more 'coarse grain'

events.hpp

@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 namespace Events {
   enum GUI {
-    START, HIT, MISS, DEAD
+    START, HIT, MISS, DEAD, LOOT
   };
 }

gui.cpp

@@ -97,12 +97,13 @@ void GUI::create_renderer() {
 }
 
 void GUI::handle_world_events() {
+  using eGUI = Events::GUI;
   auto player = $world.get_the<Player>();
 
-  while($world.has_event<Events::GUI>()) {
-    auto [evt, entity] = $world.recv<Events::GUI>();
+  while($world.has_event<eGUI>()) {
+    auto [evt, entity] = $world.recv<eGUI>();
     switch(evt) {
-      case Events::GUI::HIT: {
+      case eGUI::HIT: {
           auto combat = $world.get<Combat>(entity);
 
           if(entity == player.entity) {
@@ -113,16 +114,21 @@ void GUI::handle_world_events() {
             $sounds.play("hit");
           }
         } break;
-      case Events::GUI::MISS:
+      case eGUI::MISS:
         if(entity == player.entity) {
           $log.log("You MISSED the enemy.");
         } else {
           $log.log("Enemy MISSED YOU.");
         }
         break;
-      case Events::GUI::DEAD:
+      case eGUI::DEAD:
         $log.log("--- ENEMY DEAD!");
         break;
+      case eGUI::LOOT: {
+          auto loot = $world.get<Loot>(entity);
+          $log.log(format("You found {} gold.", loot.amount));
+        }
+        break;
       default:
         $log.log(format("INVALID EVENT! {},{}", evt, entity));
     }

map.hpp

@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ public:
   void add_door(Room &room);
   bool inmap(size_t x, size_t y);
   bool iswall(size_t x, size_t y);
+
+  bool can_move(Point move_to) {
+    return inmap(move_to.x, move_to.y) &&
+      !iswall(move_to.x, move_to.y);
+  }
+
   bool neighbors(Point &out, bool up);
   void generate();
   void place_rooms(Room &root);

systems.cpp

@@ -47,26 +47,21 @@ void System::init_positions(DinkyECS::World &world) {
   });
 }
 
-inline bool move_entity(spatial_map &collider, Map &game_map, Position &position, Motion &motion, DinkyECS::Entity ent) {
+inline void move_entity(spatial_map &collider, Map &game_map, Position &position, Motion &motion, DinkyECS::Entity ent) {
   Point move_to = {
     position.location.x + motion.dx,
     position.location.y + motion.dy
   };
   motion = {0,0}; // clear it after getting it
 
-  if(game_map.inmap(move_to.x, move_to.y) &&
-      !game_map.iswall(move_to.x, move_to.y))
-  {
-    if(collider.occupied(move_to)) {
-      return true;
-    } else {
+  // it's a wall, skip
+  if(!game_map.can_move(move_to)) return;
+  // there's collision skip
+  if(collider.occupied(move_to)) return;
+
+  // all good, do the move
   collider.move(position.location, move_to, ent);
   position.location = move_to;
-      return false;
-    }
-  } else {
-    return false;
-  }
 }
 
 void System::motion(DinkyECS::World &world, Map &game_map) {
@@ -75,11 +70,7 @@ void System::motion(DinkyECS::World &world, Map &game_map) {
   world.query<Position, Motion>([&](const auto &ent, auto &position, auto &motion) {
     // don't process entities that don't move
     if(motion.dx != 0 || motion.dy != 0) {
-      // if there's a collision
-      if(move_entity(collider, game_map, position, motion, ent)) {
-        // send a collision event?
-        println("hit it!");
-      }
+      move_entity(collider, game_map, position, motion, ent);
     }
   });
 }
@@ -109,30 +100,33 @@ void System::combat(DinkyECS::World &world, Player &player) {
   auto [found, nearby] = collider.neighbors(player_position.location);
 
   if(found) {
+    // save some keystrokes
+    using eGUI = Events::GUI;
+
     for(auto entity : nearby) {
       if(world.has<Combat>(entity)) {
         auto& enemy_combat = world.get<Combat>(entity);
         int player_dmg = player_combat.attack(enemy_combat);
 
         if(player_dmg > 0) {
-          world.send<Events::GUI>(Events::GUI::HIT, entity);
+          world.send<eGUI>(eGUI::HIT, entity);
         } else {
-          world.send<Events::GUI>(Events::GUI::MISS, entity);
+          world.send<eGUI>(eGUI::MISS, entity);
         }
 
         if(enemy_combat.hp > 0) {
           int enemy_dmg = enemy_combat.attack(player_combat);
 
           if(enemy_dmg > 0) {
-            world.send<Events::GUI>(Events::GUI::HIT, player.entity);
+            world.send<eGUI>(eGUI::HIT, player.entity);
           } else {
-            world.send<Events::GUI>(Events::GUI::MISS, player.entity);
+            world.send<eGUI>(eGUI::MISS, player.entity);
           }
         } else {
-            world.send<Events::GUI>(Events::GUI::DEAD, entity);
+            world.send<eGUI>(eGUI::DEAD, entity);
         }
       } else if(world.has<Loot>(entity)) {
-        println("YOU FOUND LOOT");
+        world.send<eGUI>(eGUI::LOOT, entity);
       } else {
         println("UNKNOWN COLLISION TYPE {}", entity);
       }