Enemy spawning in a moving room

[chefdez]

Hello!

I've been working on as very basic top down vertical space shooter and I was wondering what a great way to approach enemy waves are? Currently I have an object in room that pans across the room and the camera follows it, keeping the level moving until the end. I have a controller object that will randomly spawn enemies on an alarm but will do so infinitely. How would you approach enemy waves so that you can spawn them quickly and efficiently? I was thinking about spawning the enemies based on the distance between the top of the room and the camera, using for loops on a timer to create multiple enemies at once. Any suggestions? Thanks!

 

[Nocturne]

You could use timelines... If you know how many steps it takes to traverse the room (easy enough to calculate), then you can create a timeline that spawns enemies at appropriate intervals and assign it to the controller when the room starts.