mike: placed ball and player into an 'actors' table; blocks will also go here

love/mike/main.lua

@@ -8,27 +8,32 @@ function love.load()
 	screen = {}
 	screen.width = love.graphics.getWidth()
 	screen.height = love.graphics.getHeight()
+
+	-- Create a table to hold all actors
+	actors = {}
 	
 	-- Create a table to hold all the player data
-	player = create_object(screen.width /2, screen.height - 50, 30, 5, 500)
+	actors.player = create_object(screen.width /2, screen.height - 50, 30, 5, 500)
 	-- Create a table to hold ball data
-	ball = create_object(screen.width /2, screen.height /2, 1, 1, 600)
-	ball.x_speed = (ball.speed /2)
-	ball.y_speed = (ball.speed /2)
+	actors.ball = create_object(screen.width /2, screen.height /2, 1, 1, 600)
+	actors.ball.x_speed = (actors.ball.speed /2)
+	actors.ball.y_speed = (actors.ball.speed /2)
 
 
 end
 
 function love.update(dt)
-	player = check_keys(player, screen, dt)
-	ball = ball_bounce(player, ball, dt)
+	actors.player = check_keys(actors.player, screen, dt)
+	actors.ball = ball_bounce(actors.player, actors.ball, dt)
 end
 
 function love.draw()
 	--Draw paddle
-	love.graphics.rectangle("line", player.x, player.y, player.width, player.height)
+	love.graphics.rectangle("line", actors.player.x, actors.player.y, 
+																	actors.player.width, actors.player.height)
 	--Draw ball
-	love.graphics.rectangle("line", ball.x, ball.y, ball.width, ball.height)
+	love.graphics.rectangle("line", actors.ball.x, actors.ball.y, 
+																	actors.ball.width, actors.ball.height)
 	--FPS counter
 	love.graphics.print("FPS: "..tostring(love.timer.getFPS( )), 10, 10)
 end