Building a fighting circle

This recipe is based on the Kung-Fu Circle algorithm devised for the game Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. Its purpose is to offer an intelligent way for enemies to approach a given player and set attacks on it. It is very similar to the formation recipe, but it uses a stage manager that handles approach and attack permissions based on enemy weights and attack weights. It is also implemented so that the manager is capable of handling a list of fighting circles; this is especially aimed at multiplayer games.

Getting ready

Before implementing the fighting circle algorithm, it is important to create some components that accompany the technique. First, the Attack class is a pseudo-abstract class for creating...