Noob question. Best practice to store objects?

[c75]

Hello guys, I started learning phaser not so long ago. And i have a question. Is it ok that the gameObject is a displayObject??

Or may be better to store displayObject as property of gameObject?? (I did so when develope using only pixi)

If I can use it as displayObject as property of gameObject, what about phaser "groups"? Will I've got any problems using gameObject  as displayObject in large projects??

What do you guys think about this aspect?

[c75]

Here it is my variance of storing displayObject as property of gameObject. https://github.com/avin/animal-discover-demo

[drhayes]

I don't think I understand your question.

 

Yes, I store things on the game instance all the time: the player, plugins, etc.

[c75]

I don't think I understand your question.

 

Ok, i give two variants of code. What will you choose??

First. gameObject is displayObject

class Animal extends Phaser.Sprite {    constructor(game, x, y, key, frame) {        super(game, x, y, key, frame);        this.game.stage.addChild(this);        this._someProperty = null;    }    setSomeProperty(someProperty){        this._someProperty = someProperty;    }}

and second gameObject contain displayObject as property

class Animal {    constructor(game, x, y, key, frame) {        this.game = game;        this.x = x;        this.y = y;        this.key = key;        this.frame = frame;        this._someProperty = null;        this.displayObject = {};        this._initDisplay();    }    _initDisplay(){        this.displayObject = new Phaser.Sprite(this.game, this.x, this.y, this.key, this.frame);        this.game.stage.addChild(this.displayObject);    }    setSomeProperty(someProperty){        this._someProperty = someProperty;    }}

[drhayes]

Oh! Okay. I do the first one all the time: here's the player from a game I made recently.

[c75]

@drhayes, ty for sharing sources of your game. It's great! I've got some fresh ideas

And i have another question - is it often a situation when your property coincide with  the inherited class'es properties or methods?  Started reading Interpase#1 and all unclear moments was solved in my head

[drhayes]

Good deal! Happy to help... and welcome aboard!