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Managers

Action Manager

• Manages

Awards Manager

• Renders the Awards Menu which displays assets corresponding to user's collectibles and achievements.
• Implements Game UI as AwardMenu is one of the possible game phases.

Specification

• Given the Awards Mapping (from StateManager), and the list of awards obtained (from UserStateManager), be able to render the award, the keys, and the

Background Manager

Description

Render the background in a Game Location onto Background Layer as specified by assetKey of the Location in State Manager's game map

Methods

Game Loop Methods	Description	Usage
renderBackgroundLayerContainer	Obtains all asset key for a location and renders background image on entire screen	Called by GameManager on location render, and on change_background action
Helper Methods
renderBackgroundImage	Render background image based on asset given key	Called by renderBackgroundLayerContainer to render GameLocation's background image

Bounding Box Manager

Description

Render all rectangular bounding boxes in a Game Location onto the BBox Layer as specified by BBoxProperty in State Manager's game map

Properties

Property Name	Description	Rationale
bboxes	Mapping between bbox ID and activatable bounding boxes that are present on screen right now.	Indexed by bbox ID so that when updates need to be called on certain bboxes, we can easily rerender/remove this bounding box from screen.

Methods

Game Loop Methods	Description	Usage
renderBBoxLayerContainer	Obtains all bbox IDs present in a Game Location and renders each bbox based on BBoxProperty specification	Called by GameManager on location render.
Helper Methods
createBBox	Render 1 rectangular bbox by its bbox id specifications provided by BBoxProperty	Called by renderBBoxLayerContainer repeatedly to render all bboxes individually
State Observer Methods
handleAdd	Renders 1 bbox	Called by State Manager on add_item action
handleDelete	Deletes 1 on-screen bbox sprite	Called by State Manager on remove_item action
handleMutate	Replaces 1 on-screen bbox sprite with the same character with another property	Called by State Manager on setBBoxProperty action

Character Manager

Description

Render all characters in a Game Location onto the Character Layer as specified by Character object in State Manager's game map

Properties

Property Name	Description	Rationale
characterSpriteMap	Mapping between character ID and sprites of Characters that are present on screen right now.	Indexed by character ID so that when updates need to be called on certain characters, we can easily rerender/remove this character

Methods

Game Loop Methods	Description	Usage
renderCharacterLayerContainer	Obtains all character IDs present in a Game Location and renders each character based on Character specification	Called by GameManager on location render.
Helper Methods
createCharacterSprite(id)	Render 1 character by its character id using default expression and position of the character.	Called by renderCharacterLayerContainer repeatedly to render all characters individually
createCharacterSprite(id, expression, position)	Renders 1 character with a different expression (based on the different asset keys stored in Character data type) and different position (based on Character constants)	Called by DialogueSpeakerRenderer to render speaker avatars
State Observer Methods
handleAdd	Renders 1 character	Called by State Manager on add_item action
handleDelete	Deletes 1 on-screen character sprite	Called by State Manager on remove_item action
handleMutate	Replaces 1 on-screen character sprite with the same character id but with another property	Called by State Manager on move_character and update_character action

Dialogue Manager

Description

Renders dialogues as specified by Dialogue object retrieved from State Manager's game map

Variables	Description	Usage
dialogueGenerator	Class which holds a pointer to the current part and line in the Dialogue object, it keeps track of the lines that should play next	Called by Dialogue Manager on line change
dialogueRenderer	Renderer that displays the green box and flashes text using the typewriter effect	Called by Dialogue Manager on line change
speakerRenderer	Manager which renders the speaker box speaker avatar	Called by Dialogue Manager on line change

Game Loop Methods	Description	Usage
showDialogue	Plays out an entire dialogue, orchestrating the change in speakers, lines and in-dialogue actions.	Called in Talk mode and during show_dialogue action.
Helper Methods
playWholeDialogue	Starts a promise to play the entire dialogue. Attaches listener to green dialogue box, so that when clicked, it can show the next line.	Main function called by showDialogue
showNextLine	Renders one dialogue line, by generating line using dialogueGenerator, rendering the text using dialogueRenderer, changing the speaker using speakerRenderer and processing actions using Action Manager's processActions. If no more lines, it resolves the promise and ends the dialogue.	Called by playWholeDialogue on start of dialogue and whenever dialogue box is clicked

Escape Manager

• Renders the Escape Menu, which provides options for changing user settings and going back to Main Menu.
• Implements Game UI as EscapeMenu is one of the possible game phases.

Input Manager

• Registers all keyboard and mouse event listeners, so that they can be deleted at the end of every scene.

Layer Manager

• Creates all layers in order specified by defaultLayerSequence.
• Manages addition of objects into specific layers.
• Manages visibility and effects for an entire layer.
• Performs action(s): show_object_layer

Object Manager

Description

Render all sprites of objects in a Game Location onto the Objects Layer as specified by ObjectProperty in State Manager's game map

Properties

Property Name	Description	Rationale
objects	Mapping between object ID and activatable objects that are present on screen right now.	Indexed by object ID so that when updates need to be called on certain objects, we can easily rerender/remove this object from screen.

Methods

Game Loop Methods	Description	Usage
renderObjectsLayerContainer	Obtains all object IDs present in a Game Location and renders each object based on ObjectProperty specification	Called by GameManager on location render.
Helper Methods
createObject	Render 1 object image sprite by its object id ObjectProperty.	Called by renderObjectsLayerContainer repeatedly to render all objects individually
State Observer Methods
handleAdd	Renders 1 object	Called by State Manager on add_item action
handleDelete	Deletes 1 on-screen object sprite	Called by State Manager on remove_item action
handleMutate	Replaces 1 on-screen object sprite with another property	Called by State Manager on setObjProperty action
Action Methods
makeObjectGlow	Makes one object glow by calling the Glowing Image's glow functions, which makes a yellow tint overlay blink	Called on make_object_glow action
makeObjectBlink	Makes one object blink by calling the Glowing Image's blink functions, which makes the image blink	Called on make_object_blink action

Phase Manager

• Performs state transitions by activating and deactivating modes
• Keeps track of history of previous active states using a stack.

Pop Up Manager

• Renders popups for a specified amount of time
• Performs actions(s): add_popup

Save Manager

• Loads user data at the start of entire game
• Saves game data every start of checkpoint and every time a series of actions is performed.
• Saves settings to backend

Sound Manager

• Plays and pauses plays background music throughout the game with the volume specified in user settings
• Plays sound effects with volume specified in user settings

State Manager

• Manages user progression throughout the game by keeping track of set of triggered interactions, set of triggered state-change actions, and completed objectives
• Also manages the game map which contains dynamic information about the objects, characters and other entities in each location.
• Performs actions: add_item, remove_item, add_mode, remove_mode, complete_objective

User State Manager

• Manages states related to the user, available regardless of which checkpoint he is at.
• Stores achievements, collectibles, and assessments completed by the user.
• Performs action(s): obtain_collectible