How to implement status effects in a turn based battle.

Hey guys, I've been building a turn based battle system but I've found myself stumped on the addition of a statues effect system. Would anyone have any insight to offer on the best way to code this thing? Any insight offered is appreciated, and feel free to ask for the code if you need it from my end.

 

Really depends on a lot of variables here. The most flexible, and my preferred method would be to use an event based approach, but it's kind of involved.

Most straight forward approach would be to make something along the lines of a

Status

abstract class or

ITickable

interface. After that, make a

StatusCollection

class that extends MonoBehaviour (It's basically a wrapper for a

List<Status>

/

List<ITickable>

), now add the StatusCollection script to your prefab, and just do something along the lines of

MyGameObject.GetComponent<StatusCollection>().AddStatus(MyStatus);

. So applying the effect in a turn manager for example might look like

MyGameObject.GetComponent<StatusCollection>().TickAllStatusEffects();

.

 

Thanks brother, list looks perfect actually. Do you have a tutorial or something I can follow along to help me implement this? If not I'l try to figure it out, and thank you so much anyways.