kind

Get the kind of the sprite.

sprites.create(null).kind()

To keep track of different types of sprites, you can assign a kind to them. This is a value that will help identify them and decide what actions to take when events happen in the game. There are no particular rules or names for how you decide on what the kinds should be. The sprite kinds in your game might be defined like this:

namespace SpriteKind {
    export const Player = SpriteKind.create()
    export const Enemy = SpriteKind.create()
}

Returns

• a number value that is the current sprite kind.

Example

Make a Player sprite and two Friend sprites. Every 2 seconds, turn one of the friend sprites into an Enemy. Every 10 seconds have the enemy sprites become friends again.

namespace SpriteKind {
    export const Friend = SpriteKind.create()
}
let player: Sprite = null
let friend2: Sprite = null
let friend1: Sprite = null
let greenBlock: Image = null
greenBlock = image.create(16, 16)
greenBlock.fill(7)
player = sprites.create(greenBlock, SpriteKind.Player)
friend1 = sprites.create(greenBlock, SpriteKind.Friend)
friend1.x = scene.screenWidth() / 4
friend2 = sprites.create(greenBlock, SpriteKind.Friend)
friend2.x = scene.screenWidth() * 3 / 4
game.onUpdateInterval(10000, function () {
    friend1.setKind(SpriteKind.Friend)
    friend2.setKind(SpriteKind.Friend)
})
game.onUpdateInterval(2000, function () {
    if (friend1.kind() == SpriteKind.Friend) {
        friend1.setKind(SpriteKind.Enemy)
    } else if (friend2.kind() == SpriteKind.Friend) {
        friend2.setKind(SpriteKind.Enemy)
    }
})

See also

set kind