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StatusEffect.h

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+#ifndef STATUS_EFFECT_CLASS
+#define STATUS_EFFECT_CLASS
+
+#include <string>
+
+// Something lasting put on a character, changing how it moves or what it can do while it's on
+struct StatusEffect {
+    enum class Type {
+        HeavyGravity,   // pulled down harder: slower, can't jump, and falls faster
+        Knockdown,      // on the floor: can't do anything, and only attacks that hit the knocked down can hit it
+        Executed        // playing out how it was killed: can't do anything or be hit until it's over
+    };
+
+    Type type = Type::HeavyGravity;
+    float timeLeft = -1.0f;   // real seconds, below 0 lasts forever
+};
+
+// How much each one changes, and what the HUD calls it
+struct StatusEffectInfo {
+    std::string name;
+    float speedMultiplier = 1.0f;     // times its walking speed
+    float gravityMultiplier = 1.0f;   // times the world's gravity while it's in the air
+    bool preventsJumping = false;
+    bool preventsActing = false;      // can't move, turn, attack or anything else, like a stun
+    bool dodgesHits = false;          // only hitboxes that hit the knocked down can touch it
+};
+
+inline const StatusEffectInfo& GetStatusEffectInfo(StatusEffect::Type type) {
+    static const StatusEffectInfo heavyGravity = { "HEAVY", 0.5f, 3.0f, true };
+    static const StatusEffectInfo knockdown = { "KNOCKED DOWN", 0.0f, 1.0f, true, true, true };
+    static const StatusEffectInfo executed = { "", 0.0f, 1.0f, true, true, true };
+    switch (type) {
+    case StatusEffect::Type::Executed:
+        return executed;
+    case StatusEffect::Type::Knockdown:
+        return knockdown;
+    case StatusEffect::Type::HeavyGravity:
+    default:
+        return heavyGravity;
+    }
+}
+
+#endif