Added get/set methods to the BaseActor class.

actor.py

@@ -4,17 +4,63 @@
 import pygame
 from animation import Animation
 
-class Actor:
+ACTOR_STATES = { 'IDLE': 0, 'MOVING': 1 }
-    """ Represents any game object. """
+
-    def __init__(self):
+class BaseActor:
+    """ Represents any game object. This is the parent class for the actor 
+    category of objects. It's behaviors are empty. """
+    def __init__(self, name, visible, solid, position):
         """ Initializes the actor object. """
+        # Conditions and parameters.
+        self.name = name
+        self.alive = True       # The Actor should be updated.
+        self.animated = False   # The Actor has animations.
+        self.visible = visible  # The Actor should be rendered.
+        self.solid = solid      # The actor can collide with other actors
         # All sprites for an actor are stored as a list of pygame sprites.
+        # The list starts empty. Sprites must be added with the add_sprite method.
         self.sprites = []
-        # Animations are stored as a key (animation name),
+        # Animations are stored as a key (Animation angle),
-        # value (list of sprite indices) pairs.
+        # value (Animation object) pairs. Animations are added with the
+        # add_animation method.
         self.animations = {}
-        # Parameters.
+        # Parameters for direction and movement.
-        self.angle = 0
+        self.position = list(position)
         self.speed = [0, 0]         # [X speed, Y speed].
+        self.max_speed = [100, 100] # 100 pixels per second.
         self.acceleration = [0, 0]  # Ditto.
+        # Collision detection information. AABB and Bounding circle.
         self.b_box = [0, 0] # [X length, Y length].
+        self.radius = 0.0
+        # Parameters for rendering.
+        self.angle = 0
+        self.scale = 1.0
+
+    def is_alive(self):
+        return self.alive
+
+    def is_animated(self):
+        return self.animated
+
+    def is_visible(self):
+        return self.visible
+
+    def is_solid(self):
+        return self.solid
+
+    def destroy(self):
+        self.alive = False
+
+    def set_visible(self, visible):
+        self.visible = visible
+
+    def toggle_visible(self):
+        self.visible = not self.visible
+
+    def set_solid(self, solid):
+        self.solid = solid
+
+    def toggle_solid(self):
+        self.solid = not self.solid
+
+    def add_sprite(self, filename)