After some prototyping I have what I think I want for the map. Just a simple piece of paper you take out that has the ASCII map on it.

Makefile

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ tracy_build:
 	meson compile -j 10 -C builddir
 
 test: build
-	./builddir/runtests "[animation]"
+	./builddir/runtests
 
 run: build test
 	powershell "cp ./builddir/zedcaster.exe ."

assets/config.json

@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@
     "tunnel_with_rocks": "assets/tunnel_with_rocks.png",
     "tunnel_with_rocks_stage": "assets/tunnel_with_rocks_stage.png",
     "ritual_crafting_area": "assets/ritual_crafting_area.png",
-    "the_ritual_circle": "assets/the_ritual_circle.png"
+    "the_ritual_circle": "assets/the_ritual_circle.png",
+    "paper_ui_background": "assets/paper_ui_background.png"
   },
   "worldgen": {
     "enemy_probability": 50,

assets/tiles.json

@@ -4,20 +4,20 @@
     "foreground": [40, 15, 125],
     "background": [200, 15, 75],
     "collision": false,
-    "display":"\u289e"
+    "display":"."
   },
   "WALL_PLAIN": {
     "texture": "assets/wall_texture_test-256.png",
     "foreground": [230, 20, 30],
     "background": [230, 20, 120],
     "collision": true,
-    "display": "\ua5b8"
+    "display": "#"
   },
   "WALL_VINES": {
     "texture": "assets/wall_with_vines-256.png",
     "foreground": [230, 20, 30],
     "background": [230, 20, 120],
     "collision": false,
-    "display":"\u0799"
+    "display":"|"
   }
 }

constants.hpp

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ constexpr const int GUECS_PADDING = 3;
 constexpr const int GUECS_BORDER_PX = 1;
 constexpr const int GUECS_FONT_SIZE = 30;
 const sf::Color GUECS_FILL_COLOR = ColorValue::DARK_MID;
+const sf::Color GUECS_TEXT_COLOR = ColorValue::LIGHT_LIGHT;
 const sf::Color GUECS_BG_COLOR = ColorValue::MID;
 const sf::Color GUECS_BORDER_COLOR = ColorValue::MID;
 

guecs.cpp

@@ -64,9 +64,18 @@ namespace guecs {
       text.init(cell, $font);
     });
 
+    $world.query<lel::Cell, WideText>([this](auto, auto& cell, auto& text) {
+      text.init(cell, $font);
+    });
+
+    $world.query<lel::Cell, WideLabel>([this](auto, auto& cell, auto& text) {
+      text.init(cell, $font);
+    });
+
     $world.query<lel::Cell, Sprite>([&](auto, auto &cell, auto &sprite) {
         sprite.init(cell);
     });
+
   }
 
   void UI::render(sf::RenderWindow& window) {
@@ -94,6 +103,14 @@ namespace guecs {
         window.draw(*text.text);
     });
 
+    $world.query<WideLabel>([&](auto, auto& text) {
+        window.draw(*text.text);
+    });
+
+    $world.query<WideText>([&](auto, auto& text) {
+        window.draw(*text.text);
+    });
+
     $world.query<Textual>([&](auto, auto& text) {
         window.draw(*text.text);
     });

guecs.hpp

@@ -18,12 +18,34 @@ namespace guecs {
   struct Label {
     std::string label;
     unsigned int size = GUECS_FONT_SIZE;
+    sf::Color color = GUECS_TEXT_COLOR;
     shared_ptr<sf::Font> font = nullptr;
     shared_ptr<sf::Text> text = nullptr;
 
     void init(lel::Cell &cell, shared_ptr<sf::Font> font_ptr) {
+      dbc::check(font_ptr != nullptr, "you failed to initialize this Label");
       if(font == nullptr) font = font_ptr;
       if(text == nullptr) text = make_shared<sf::Text>(*font, label, size);
+      text->setFillColor(color);
+      auto bounds = text->getLocalBounds();
+      auto text_cell = lel::center(bounds.size.x, bounds.size.y, cell);
+      // this stupid / 2 is because SFML renders from baseline rather than from the claimed bounding box
+      text->setPosition({float(text_cell.x), float(text_cell.y) - text_cell.h / 2});
+    }
+  };
+
+  struct WideLabel {
+    std::wstring label;
+    unsigned int size = GUECS_FONT_SIZE;
+    sf::Color color = GUECS_TEXT_COLOR;
+    shared_ptr<sf::Font> font = nullptr;
+    shared_ptr<sf::Text> text = nullptr;
+
+    void init(lel::Cell &cell, shared_ptr<sf::Font> font_ptr) {
+      dbc::check(font_ptr != nullptr, "you failed to initialize this WideLabel");
+      if(font == nullptr) font = font_ptr;
+      if(text == nullptr) text = make_shared<sf::Text>(*font, label, size);
+      text->setFillColor(color);
       auto bounds = text->getLocalBounds();
       auto text_cell = lel::center(bounds.size.x, bounds.size.y, cell);
       // this stupid / 2 is because SFML renders from baseline rather than from the claimed bounding box
@@ -34,13 +56,17 @@ namespace guecs {
   struct Textual {
     std::string content;
     unsigned int size = GUECS_FONT_SIZE;
+    sf::Color color = GUECS_TEXT_COLOR;
+    int padding = GUECS_PADDING;
     shared_ptr<sf::Font> font = nullptr;
     shared_ptr<sf::Text> text = nullptr;
 
     void init(lel::Cell &cell, shared_ptr<sf::Font> font_ptr) {
+      dbc::check(font_ptr != nullptr, "you failed to initialize this Text");
       if(font == nullptr) font = font_ptr;
       if(text == nullptr) text = make_shared<sf::Text>(*font, content, size);
-      text->setPosition({float(cell.x + GUECS_PADDING * 2), float(cell.y + GUECS_PADDING * 2)});
+      text->setFillColor(color);
+      text->setPosition({float(cell.x + padding * 2), float(cell.y + padding * 2)});
       text->setCharacterSize(size);
     }
 
@@ -50,6 +76,29 @@ namespace guecs {
     }
   };
 
+  struct WideText {
+    std::wstring content;
+    unsigned int size = GUECS_FONT_SIZE;
+    sf::Color color = GUECS_TEXT_COLOR;
+    int padding = GUECS_PADDING;
+    shared_ptr<sf::Font> font = nullptr;
+    shared_ptr<sf::Text> text = nullptr;
+
+    void init(lel::Cell &cell, shared_ptr<sf::Font> font_ptr) {
+      dbc::check(font_ptr != nullptr, "you failed to initialize this WideText");
+      if(font == nullptr) font = font_ptr;
+      if(text == nullptr) text = make_shared<sf::Text>(*font, content, size);
+      text->setFillColor(color);
+      text->setPosition({float(cell.x + padding * 2), float(cell.y + padding * 2)});
+      text->setCharacterSize(size);
+    }
+
+    void update(std::wstring& new_content) {
+      content = new_content;
+      text->setString(content);
+    }
+  };
+
   struct Clickable {
     /* This is actually called by UI::mouse and passed the entity ID of the
      * button pressed so you can interact with it in the event handler.
@@ -59,6 +108,7 @@ namespace guecs {
 
   struct Sprite {
     std::string name;
+    int padding = GUECS_PADDING;
     std::shared_ptr<sf::Sprite> sprite = nullptr;
     std::shared_ptr<sf::Texture> texture = nullptr;
 
@@ -67,26 +117,30 @@ namespace guecs {
         texture = sprite_texture.texture;
         sprite = make_shared<sf::Sprite>(*texture);
         sprite->setPosition({
-            float(cell.x + GUECS_PADDING),
+            float(cell.x + padding),
-            float(cell.y + GUECS_PADDING)});
+            float(cell.y + padding)});
 
         auto size = texture->getSize();
         sprite->setScale({
-            float(cell.w - GUECS_PADDING * 2) / size.x,
+            float(cell.w - padding * 2) / size.x,
-            float(cell.h - GUECS_PADDING * 2) / size.y});
+            float(cell.h - padding * 2) / size.y});
     }
   };
 
   struct Rectangle {
+    int padding = GUECS_PADDING;
+    sf::Color color = GUECS_FILL_COLOR;
+    sf::Color border_color = GUECS_BORDER_COLOR;
+    int border_px = GUECS_BORDER_PX;
     shared_ptr<sf::RectangleShape> shape = nullptr;
 
     void init(lel::Cell& cell) {
-      sf::Vector2f size{float(cell.w) - GUECS_PADDING * 2, float(cell.h) - GUECS_PADDING * 2};
+      sf::Vector2f size{float(cell.w) - padding * 2, float(cell.h) - padding * 2};
       if(shape == nullptr) shape = make_shared<sf::RectangleShape>(size);
-      shape->setPosition({float(cell.x + GUECS_PADDING), float(cell.y + GUECS_PADDING)});
+      shape->setPosition({float(cell.x + padding), float(cell.y + padding)});
-      shape->setFillColor(GUECS_FILL_COLOR);
+      shape->setFillColor(color);
-      shape->setOutlineColor(GUECS_BORDER_COLOR);
+      shape->setOutlineColor(border_color);
-      shape->setOutlineThickness(GUECS_BORDER_PX);
+      shape->setOutlineThickness(border_px);
     }
   };
 
@@ -112,6 +166,7 @@ namespace guecs {
     float y = 0.0f;
     float w = 0.0f;
     float h = 0.0f;
+    sf::Color color = GUECS_BG_COLOR;
 
     shared_ptr<sf::RectangleShape> shape = nullptr;
 
@@ -128,7 +183,7 @@ namespace guecs {
       sf::Vector2f size{float(w), float(h)};
       if(shape == nullptr) shape = make_shared<sf::RectangleShape>(size);
       shape->setPosition({float(x), float(y)});
-      shape->setFillColor(GUECS_BG_COLOR);
+      shape->setFillColor(color);
     }
   };
 

gui_fsm.cpp

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ namespace gui {
     $window(sf::VideoMode({SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT}), "Zed's Raycaster Thing"),
     $main_ui($window),
     $level($levels.current()),
-    $map_ui($level),
     $combat_ui($level),
     $status_ui($level),
     $font{FONT_FILE_NAME}
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ namespace gui {
       FSM_STATE(State, START, ev);
       FSM_STATE(State, MOVING, ev);
       FSM_STATE(State, ATTACKING, ev);
-      FSM_STATE(State, MAPPING, ev);
       FSM_STATE(State, ROTATING, ev);
       FSM_STATE(State, IDLE, ev);
       FSM_STATE(State, IN_COMBAT, ev);
@@ -41,10 +39,7 @@ namespace gui {
   void FSM::START(Event ) {
     $main_ui.update_level($level);
     $level.world->set_the<Debug>({});
-
     $main_ui.init();
-    $map_ui.init();
-
     $combat_ui.init();
     $status_ui.init();
     $status_ui.log("Welcome to the game!");
@@ -57,23 +52,6 @@ namespace gui {
     state(State::IDLE);
   }
 
-  void FSM::MAPPING(Event ev) {
-    using enum Event;
-    // BUG: can't close window when in mapping
-    switch(ev) {
-      case MAP_OPEN:
-        state(State::IDLE);
-        break;
-      case CLOSE:
-        state(State::IDLE);
-        break;
-      case TICK:
-        break;
-      default:
-        dbc::log("invalid event sent to MAPPING");
-    }
-  }
-
   void FSM::MOVING(Event ) {
     // this should be an optional that returns a point
     if(auto move_to = $main_ui.play_move()) {
@@ -148,7 +126,7 @@ namespace gui {
         state(State::ROTATING);
         break;
       case MAP_OPEN:
-        state(State::MAPPING);
+        $status_ui.map_open = !$status_ui.map_open;
         break;
       case ATTACK:
         state(State::ATTACKING);
@@ -313,16 +291,15 @@ namespace gui {
       $boss_fight_ui->render($window);
     } else {
       $main_ui.render();
+
       $status_ui.render($window);
+
       $combat_ui.render($window);
     }
   }
 
   void FSM::render() {
-    if(in_state(State::MAPPING)) {
+    if(in_state(State::NEXT_LEVEL)) {
-      $window.clear();
-      $map_ui.render($window);
-    } else if(in_state(State::NEXT_LEVEL)) {
       $window.clear();
       $boss_fight_ui->render($window);
     } else {
@@ -416,7 +393,6 @@ namespace gui {
 
     $status_ui.update_level($level);
     $combat_ui.update_level($level);
-    $map_ui.update_level($level);
     $main_ui.update_level($level);
     $boss_fight_ui = $levels.create_bossfight($level.world);
     $boss_fight_ui->init();

gui_fsm.hpp

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 #include "stats.hpp"
 #include "levelmanager.hpp"
 #include "fsm.hpp"
-#include "map_view.hpp"
 #include "main_ui.hpp"
 #include "combat_ui.hpp"
 #include "status_ui.hpp"
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@ namespace gui {
     IN_COMBAT,
     COMBAT_ROTATE,
     ATTACKING,
-    MAPPING,
     ROTATING,
     NEXT_LEVEL,
     IDLE,
@@ -50,7 +48,6 @@ namespace gui {
       MainUI $main_ui;
       GameLevel $level;
       shared_ptr<BossFightUI> $boss_fight_ui = nullptr;
-      MapViewUI $map_ui;
       CombatUI $combat_ui;
       StatusUI $status_ui;
       sf::Font $font;

main.cpp

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
     ai::init("assets/ai.json");
     animation::init();
 
-
     sound::mute(true);
     gui::FSM main;
     main.event(gui::Event::STARTED);
@@ -31,7 +30,6 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
       // ZED: need to sort out how to deal with this in the FSM
       if(main.in_state(gui::State::IDLE)
           || main.in_state(gui::State::NEXT_LEVEL)
-          || main.in_state(gui::State::MAPPING)
           || main.in_state(gui::State::IN_COMBAT))
       {
         if(main.autowalking) {

map_view.cpp

@@ -6,64 +6,63 @@
 #include "rand.hpp"
 #include "animation.hpp"
 #include "rand.hpp"
+#include <codecvt>
+#include <iostream>
 
 namespace gui {
   using namespace components;
 
   MapViewUI::MapViewUI(GameLevel &level) :
-    $level(level)
+    $level(level), $tiles(level.map->width(), level.map->height())
   {
-    $gui.position(0, 0, SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT);
-    $gui.layout(
-        "[*%(100,900)left|*%(200,900)map_grid| _]"
-        "[_              | _                 | _]"
-        "[_              | _                 | _]"
-        "[_              | _                 | _]"
-        "[_              | _                 | _]"
-        "[_              | _                 | _]"
-        "[_              | _                 | _]"
-        "[_              | _                 | _]"
-        "[_              | _                 | _]"
-        "[bottom_status_left | bottom_status_right ]");
-
-    auto cell = $gui.cell_for($gui.entity("map_grid"));
-    $grid.position(cell.x, cell.y, cell.w, cell.h);
-    $grid.layout(
-        "[cell_11|cell_12|cell_13|cell_14|cell_15|cell_16|cell_17]"
-        "[cell_21|cell_22|cell_23|cell_24|cell_25|cell_26|cell_27]"
-        "[cell_31|cell_32|cell_33|cell_34|cell_35|cell_36|cell_37]"
-        "[cell_41|cell_42|cell_43|cell_44|cell_45|cell_46|cell_47]"
-        "[cell_51|cell_52|cell_53|cell_54|cell_55|cell_56|cell_57]");
   }
 
   void MapViewUI::update_level(GameLevel &level) {
     $level = level;
   }
 
-  void MapViewUI::init() {
+  void MapViewUI::init(int x, int y, int w, int h) {
-    $gui.world().set_the<guecs::Background>({$gui.$parser});
+    $gui.position(x, y, w, h);
-
+    $gui.layout(
+        "[*%(100,900)map_grid]"
+        "[_              ]"
+        "[_              ]"
+        "[_              ]"
+        "[_              ]"
+        "[_              ]"
+        "[_              ]"
+        "[_              ]"
+        "[_              ]");
     for(auto& [name, cell] : $gui.cells()) {
       auto box = $gui.entity(name);
-      if(name != "map_grid") {
+      if(name == "status") {
+        $gui.set<guecs::Sprite>(box, {"paper_ui_background"});
+      } else if(name != "map_grid") {
         $gui.set<guecs::Rectangle>(box, {});
         $gui.set<guecs::Label>(box, {name});
       }
     }
 
+    auto grid = $gui.entity("map_grid");
+    $gui.set<guecs::WideText>(grid, {L"Loading...", 25, ColorValue::DARK_LIGHT, 20});
+    $gui.set<guecs::Sprite>(grid, {"paper_ui_background"});
+
     $gui.init();
 
-    for(auto& [name, cell] : $grid.cells()) {
-      auto box = $grid.entity(name);
-      $grid.set<guecs::Rectangle>(box, {});
-      $grid.set<guecs::Label>(box, {name});
-    }
-
-    $grid.init();
   }
 
   void MapViewUI::render(sf::RenderWindow &window) {
+    $tiles = $level.map->tiles();
+    auto grid = $gui.entity("map_grid");
+    auto player_pos = $level.world->get<Position>($level.player);
+
+    std::string map_out = $tiles.to_string(player_pos.location.x, player_pos.location.y);
+    std::wstring_convert<std::codecvt_utf8_utf16<wchar_t>> converter;
+    std::wstring map_wstr = converter.from_bytes(map_out);
+
+    auto& map_text = $gui.get<guecs::WideText>(grid);
+    map_text.update(map_wstr);
+
     $gui.render(window);
-    $grid.render(window);
   }
 }

map_view.hpp

@@ -2,16 +2,17 @@
 #include "levelmanager.hpp"
 #include "textures.hpp"
 #include "guecs.hpp"
+#include "tilemap.hpp"
 
 namespace gui {
   class MapViewUI {
     public:
       guecs::UI $gui;
-      guecs::UI $grid;
       GameLevel $level;
+      TileMap $tiles;
 
       MapViewUI(GameLevel &level);
-      void init();
+      void init(int x, int y, int w, int h);
       void render(sf::RenderWindow &window);
       void update_level(GameLevel &level);
   };

meson.build

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# clang might need _LIBCPP_ENABLE_CXX26_REMOVED_CODECVT
+
 project('raycaster', 'cpp',
   version: '0.1.0',
   default_options: [

raycaster.cpp

@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ void Raycaster::update_level(GameLevel level) {
   $sprites.clear();
 
   $level = level;
+  // BUG: this is way too complex, please make it easier, the issue is that I need to convert the maps to visible tiles and that involves wstring convert, but this is many steps done probably over and over
   auto& tiles = $level.map->tiles();
   $map = textures::convert_char_to_texture(tiles.$tile_ids);
 

raycaster.hpp

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ struct Raycaster {
   double $dir_y = 0;
 
   // the 2d raycaster version of camera plane
-  double $plane_x = 0;
+  double $plane_x = 0.0;
   double $plane_y = 0.66;
   sf::Texture $view_texture;
   sf::Sprite $view_sprite;

ritual_ui.cpp

@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ namespace gui {
     }
   }
 
-  /* WARNING: This is really not the greatest way to do this. */
+  /* WARNING: This is really not the greatest way to do this.
+   * look in status_ui.update_level()
+   * */
   void RitualUI::update() {
     dbc::log("RITUAL UPDATE NOT IMPLEMENTED");
   }

status_ui.cpp

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ namespace gui {
   using std::any, std::any_cast, std::string, std::make_any;
 
   StatusUI::StatusUI(GameLevel level) :
-    $level(level), $ritual_ui(level)
+    $level(level), $ritual_ui(level),
+    $map_ui($level)
   {
     $gui.position(STATUS_UI_X, STATUS_UI_Y, STATUS_UI_WIDTH, STATUS_UI_HEIGHT);
     $gui.layout(
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ namespace gui {
         $log_to = $gui.entity("log_view");
         $gui.set<Rectangle>($log_to, {});
         $gui.set<Textual>($log_to, {"Welcome to the Game!", 20});
+
+        $map_ui.init(cell.x, cell.y, cell.w, cell.h);
       } else {
         auto button = $gui.entity(name);
         $gui.set<Rectangle>(button, {});
@@ -134,6 +137,11 @@ namespace gui {
 
   void StatusUI::render(sf::RenderWindow &window) {
     $gui.render(window);
+
+    if(map_open) {
+      $map_ui.render(window);
+    }
+
     $ritual_ui.render(window);
   }
 
@@ -146,6 +154,7 @@ namespace gui {
 
   void StatusUI::update_level(GameLevel &level) {
     $level = level;
+    $map_ui.update_level($level);
     init();
   }
 }

status_ui.hpp

@@ -5,16 +5,19 @@
 #include "textures.hpp"
 #include "guecs.hpp"
 #include "ritual_ui.hpp"
+#include "map_view.hpp"
 
 namespace gui {
   class StatusUI {
     public:
+      bool map_open = false;
       guecs::UI $gui;
       DinkyECS::Entity $log_to;
       std::map<std::string, size_t> $slots;
       std::deque<std::string> $messages;
       GameLevel $level;
       RitualUI $ritual_ui;
+      MapViewUI $map_ui;
 
       StatusUI(GameLevel level);
       void select_slot(DinkyECS::Entity ent, std::any data);

tilemap.cpp

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "tilemap.hpp"
 #include "dbc.hpp"
 #include "constants.hpp"
+#include <iostream>
 
 using nlohmann::json;
 using components::Tile;
@@ -14,18 +15,26 @@ TileMap::TileMap(size_t width, size_t height) :
 {
 }
 
-void TileMap::dump(int show_x, int show_y) {
+std::string TileMap::to_string(int show_x, int show_y) {
+  std::string result;
+
   for(matrix::each_row it{$tile_ids}; it.next();) {
     const Tile &cell = $display[it.y][it.x];
 
     if(int(it.x) == show_x && int(it.y) == show_y) {
-      fmt::print("{}<", cell.display);
+      result += "@";
     } else {
-      fmt::print("{} ", cell.display);
+      result += cell.display;
     }
 
-    if(it.row) fmt::print("\n");
+    if(it.row) result += "\n";
   }
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+void TileMap::dump(int show_x, int show_y) {
+  std::cout << to_string(show_x, show_y) << std::endl;
 }
 
 void TileMap::set_tile(size_t x, size_t y, string tile_name) {

tilemap.hpp

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public:
   void set_tile(size_t x, size_t y, std::string tile_name);
   std::vector<std::string> tile_names(bool collision);
 
+  std::string to_string(int show_x, int show_y);
   void dump(int show_x=-1, int show_y=-1);
   bool INVARIANT();
 };