add guarding mechanic and implement guard sprite handling

src/de/miaurizius/jgame2d/core/enums/Direction.java

@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ public enum Direction {
     UP,
     DOWN,
     LEFT,
-    RIGHT
+    RIGHT;
 
+    public Direction getOpposite() {
+        return switch (this) {
+            case UP -> DOWN;
+            case DOWN -> UP;
+            case LEFT -> RIGHT;
+            case RIGHT -> LEFT;
+        };
+    }
 }

src/de/miaurizius/jgame2d/core/handlers/KeyHandler.java

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import java.awt.event.KeyListener;
 
 public class KeyHandler implements KeyListener {
 
-    public boolean upPressed, downPressed, leftPressed, rightPressed, spacePressed, shotKeyPressed;
+    public boolean upPressed, downPressed, leftPressed, rightPressed, spacePressed, shotKeyPressed, CTLKeyPressed;
     public GamePanel panel;
     public boolean debug;
 
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public class KeyHandler implements KeyListener {
             case KeyEvent.VK_S, KeyEvent.VK_DOWN -> downPressed = true;
             case KeyEvent.VK_A, KeyEvent.VK_LEFT -> leftPressed = true;
             case KeyEvent.VK_D, KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT -> rightPressed = true;
+            case KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL -> CTLKeyPressed = true;
             case KeyEvent.VK_SPACE -> spacePressed = true;
             //case KeyEvent.VK_F -> shotKeyPressed = true;
 
@@ -276,6 +277,7 @@ public class KeyHandler implements KeyListener {
             case KeyEvent.VK_S,  KeyEvent.VK_DOWN -> downPressed = false;
             case KeyEvent.VK_A, KeyEvent.VK_LEFT -> leftPressed = false;
             case KeyEvent.VK_D, KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT -> rightPressed = false;
+            case KeyEvent.VK_CONTROL -> CTLKeyPressed = false;
             case KeyEvent.VK_F -> shotKeyPressed = false;
         }
     }

src/de/miaurizius/jgame2d/entity/Entity.java

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ public class Entity {
     protected GamePanel panel;
     public BufferedImage up1, up2, down1, down2, left1, left2, right1, right2;
     public BufferedImage attackUp1, attackUp2, attackDown1, attackDown2, attackLeft1, attackLeft2, attackRight1, attackRight2;
+    public BufferedImage guardUp, guardDown, guardLeft, guardRight;
     public BufferedImage image, image2, image3;
     public Rectangle solidArea = new Rectangle(0, 0, 48, 48);
     public Rectangle attackArea = new Rectangle(0, 0, 0, 0);
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ public class Entity {
     int dialogueIndex;
     public boolean collisionOn;
     public boolean invincible;
+    public boolean transparent;
     public boolean attacking;
     public boolean alive = true;
     public boolean dying;
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ public class Entity {
     public boolean consumable;
     public boolean onPath;
     public boolean knockback;
+    public boolean guarding;
     public Direction knockbackDirection;
 
     // COUNTER
@@ -181,16 +184,16 @@ public class Entity {
             if(invincible) {
                 hpBarOn = true;
                 hpBarCount = 0;
-                changeOpacity(graphics2d, 0.4f);
+                if(transparent) changeOpacity(graphics2d, 0.4f);
             }
             if(dying) dyingAnimation(graphics2d);
             if(type == EntityType.PLAYER || name.equals("orc")) { // only modify sprite render position for player because I dont know yet how monster attack sprite are gonna look
                 if(attacking) graphics2d.drawImage(parseSpriteATK(),
                         (direction == Direction.LEFT) ? screenX - panel.tileSize : screenX,
                         (direction == Direction.UP) ? screenY - panel.tileSize : screenY, null);
+                else if(guarding) graphics2d.drawImage(parseSpriteGRD(), screenX, screenY, null);
                 else graphics2d.drawImage(parseSprite(), screenX, screenY, null);
             } else graphics2d.drawImage(parseSprite(), screenX, screenY, null);
-
             changeOpacity(graphics2d, 1f);
         }
 
@@ -247,11 +250,18 @@ public class Entity {
     }
     public void damagePlayer(int attack) {
         if(panel.player.invincible) return;
-        panel.playSE(6);
 
+        boolean block = panel.player.guarding && panel.player.direction == this.direction.getOpposite();
         int damage = attack - panel.player.defense;
-        panel.player.life -= Math.max(damage, 0);
 
+        if(block) {
+            panel.playSE(15);
+            damage = 0;
+        } else panel.playSE(6);
+
+        panel.player.life -= Math.max(damage, (block ? 0 : 1));
+
+        if(damage != 0) panel.player.transparent = true;
         panel.player.invincible = true;
     }
     public void speak() {
@@ -427,6 +437,14 @@ public class Entity {
             case RIGHT -> (spriteNum == 1) ? attackRight1 : attackRight2;
         };
     }
+    BufferedImage parseSpriteGRD() {
+        return switch (direction) {
+            case UP -> guardUp;
+            case DOWN -> guardDown;
+            case LEFT -> guardLeft;
+            case RIGHT -> guardRight;
+        };
+    }
     public BufferedImage initEntitySprites(String name) {
         try {
             return Utility.scaleImage(ImageIO.read(new FileInputStream("assets/" + name + ".png")), panel.tileSize, panel.tileSize);

src/de/miaurizius/jgame2d/entity/Player.java

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ public class Player extends Entity {
     KeyHandler keyH;
     public final int screenX;
     public final int screenY;
+    private int standCount;
 
     // STATE
     public boolean attackCancel;
@@ -44,16 +45,25 @@ public class Player extends Entity {
         setDefaultValues();
         getPlayerImage();
         getPlayerAttackImage();
+        getGuardImages();
     }
 
     // DEFAULT
     public void update() {
         if(life > maxLife) life = maxLife;
 
+        // ATTACKING
         if(attacking) {
             attacking();
             return;
         }
+
+        // BLOCKING
+        if(keyH.CTLKeyPressed) {
+            guarding = true;
+            return;
+        }
+
         // MOVEMENT
         if(keyH.upPressed ||  keyH.downPressed || keyH.leftPressed || keyH.rightPressed || keyH.spacePressed) {
             if(!keyH.spacePressed) {
@@ -102,6 +112,7 @@ public class Player extends Entity {
 
             attackCancel = false;
             panel.keyH.spacePressed = false;
+            guarding = false;
 
             spriteCount++;
             if(spriteCount > 12) {
@@ -110,6 +121,13 @@ public class Player extends Entity {
                 else spriteNum = 0;
                 spriteCount = 0;
             }
+        } else {
+            standCount++;
+            if(standCount == 20) {
+                spriteNum = 1;
+                standCount = 0;
+            }
+            guarding = false;
         }
 
         if(panel.keyH.shotKeyPressed && !projectile.alive) {
@@ -123,6 +141,7 @@ public class Player extends Entity {
         invincibleCount++;
         if(invincibleCount > 60) {
             invincible = false;
+            transparent = false;
             invincibleCount = 0;
         }
 
@@ -169,11 +188,10 @@ public class Player extends Entity {
 
         int damage = panel.monster[panel.currentMap.getIndex()][index].attack - defense;
 
-        if(damage > 0) {
+        panel.playSE(6);
-            panel.playSE(6);
+        life -= Math.max(damage, 0);
-            life -= damage;
+        if(damage != 0) panel.player.transparent = true;
-            invincible = true;
+        invincible = true;
-        }
 
     }
     public void damageMonster(int index, Entity attacker, int attack, int knockbackVal) {
@@ -347,6 +365,12 @@ public class Player extends Entity {
                 break;
         }
     }
+    public void getGuardImages() {
+        guardUp = initEntitySprites("player/guarding/boy_guard_up");
+        guardDown = initEntitySprites("player/guarding/boy_guard_down");
+        guardLeft = initEntitySprites("player/guarding/boy_guard_left");
+        guardRight = initEntitySprites("player/guarding/boy_guard_right");
+    }
     public int searchItemInInventory(String itemName) {
         for(int i = 0; i < inventory.size(); i++) {
             if(inventory.get(i).name.equals(itemName)) {