From 1794abe50a01760fc71843c8304d2f81d7834013 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henry <hfabulous@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2026 15:17:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Adjusted the shoot function to shoot as many projectiles as
 defined in a local variable and ensure they are distributed evenly when
 firing in front of the ship.

---
 scenes/player.tscn |  2 +-
 scenes/world.tscn  |  1 +
 scripts/player.gd  | 25 ++++++++++++++-----------
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scenes/player.tscn b/scenes/player.tscn
index 7233823..d3bdfa5 100644
--- a/scenes/player.tscn
+++ b/scenes/player.tscn
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ size = Vector2(6, 5.75)
 
 [node name="Player" type="Area2D" unique_id=652131079]
 script = ExtResource("1_g2els")
-speed = 165
+speed = 275
 weapon_current = ExtResource("2_dqkch")
 
 [node name="Ship" type="Sprite2D" parent="." unique_id=1155866924]
diff --git a/scenes/world.tscn b/scenes/world.tscn
index b0110e3..859bfd0 100644
--- a/scenes/world.tscn
+++ b/scenes/world.tscn
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 [node name="Player" parent="Level" unique_id=652131079 instance=ExtResource("2_rwgxs")]
 z_index = 1
 position = Vector2(97, 173)
+speed = 200
 
 [node name="Background" type="Node2D" parent="Level" unique_id=485120278]
 z_index = -1
diff --git a/scripts/player.gd b/scripts/player.gd
index 9d12920..c3a4b34 100644
--- a/scripts/player.gd
+++ b/scripts/player.gd
@@ -87,17 +87,20 @@ func _on_weapon_cooldown_timeout() -> void:
 
 
 func shoot():
-  # Instantiate the bullet
-  var bullet = weapon_current.instantiate()
-  get_tree().root.add_child(bullet)
-  bullet.position = position + Vector2(0,-23)
+  var projectiles: int = 2
+  for b in projectiles:
   
-  # Get weapon speed and spacing for equidistant calculations
-  weapon_rate = bullet.shot_data.rate
-  weapon_spacing = bullet.shot_data.spacing
-  bullet_speed = abs(bullet.shot_data.speed)
-  
-  # Print which weapon is firing
-  prints(bullet.shot_data.shot_name, "weapon fired") 
+    # Instantiate the bullets
+    var bullet = weapon_current.instantiate()
+    get_tree().root.add_child(bullet)
+    bullet.position = position + Vector2((b * 10) - (projectiles * projectiles),-23)
+    
+    # Get weapon speed and spacing for equidistant calculations
+    weapon_rate = bullet.shot_data.rate
+    weapon_spacing = bullet.shot_data.spacing
+    bullet_speed = abs(bullet.shot_data.speed)
+    
+    # Print which weapon is firing
+    prints(bullet.shot_data.shot_name, "weapon fired")