Player Character (Blupi)

Identity

perso=0 — the main playable character. A yellow humanoid creature. Up to MAXBLUPI=100 Blupi can exist simultaneously (shared with all enemy slots), but only a subset are player-controlled.

Birth

New Blupi are hatched from eggs. The incubator building produces eggs. Blupi hatches via ACTION_NAISSANCE (14), with sound SOUND_NAISSANCE (20). WM_ACTION_NEWBLUPI triggers the hatching sequence via GOAL_NEWBLUPI.

Energy

Starting energy: MAXENERGY = 4000
Drains each tick (rate depends on m_skill difficulty level)
Replenished by eating food (ACTION_MANGE) or drinking potions (ACTION_BOIT)
Sources: tomatoes (food from cultivated plots), potions (from laboratory)
At ~25% energy (MAXENERGY/4 = 1000): transitions to tired animations (ACTION_STOPf, ACTION_MARCHEf, ACTION_MISC1f)
At 0% energy: Blupi dies (plays ACTION_TCHAO)

Movement

Blupi moves cell by cell. The GOAL interpreter calls GoalStart() with a movement goal, which triggers pathfinding (CheminCherche()) and then walks the path one cell per tick using ACTION_MARCHE.

Blupi automatically jumps over small obstacles with ACTION_SAUTE1–ACTION_SAUTE5. On ice cells, Blupi slides with ACTION_GLISSE.

Idle Animations

When Blupi stands idle, the engine occasionally plays one of the idle animations:

Action	Code	Description
`ACTION_MISC1`	20	Shrugging
`ACTION_MISC2`	21	Scratching
`ACTION_MISC3`	22	Yo-yo trick
`ACTION_MISC4`	40	Closing eyes
`ACTION_MISC5`	51	Waving / calling
`ACTION_MISC6`	60	Diabolo trick
`ACTION_MISC1f`	23	Tired: bof-bof (if energy < 25%)

Voice Sounds

Blupi reacts to commands with voice lines. Six variants per call type allow for varied responses:

Event	Sound constants
Acknowledges command	`SOUND_OK1`–`SOUND_OK6` (2–4, 59–61)
Starts moving	`SOUND_GO1`–`SOUND_GO6` (5–7, 68–70)
Finishes task	`SOUND_TERM1`–`SOUND_TERM6` (8–10, 71–73)
Hurt	`SOUND_AIE` (37)
Burning	`SOUND_BRULE` (17)
Jumping	`SOUND_SAUT` (13)
Eating	`SOUND_MANGE` (19)
Drinking	`SOUND_BOIT` (29)
Born	`SOUND_NAISSANCE` (20)
Disappearing	`SOUND_TCHAO` (18)

Tired variants: SOUND_OK1f–SOUND_OK3f (62–64), enemy electro: SOUND_OK1e–SOUND_OK3e (65–67)

Sick State (bMalade)

When poisoned by a spider, bMalade=TRUE: - Energy drains faster - GOAL_ISNOMALADE can be used in goal sequences to wait for recovery - Recovery happens over time or via drinking a potion

Cheat Mode

CDecor::BlupiCheat(cheat) activates cheat modes: - m_bInvincible=TRUE → Blupi cannot die or be poisoned - m_bSuper=TRUE → Blupi has unlimited energy and enhanced abilities

Key Blupi Operations

int  CDecor::BlupiCreate(POINT cel, int action, int direct, int perso, int energy);
BOOL CDecor::BlupiDelete(POINT cel, int perso=-1);
void CDecor::BlupiDelete(int rank);
void CDecor::BlupiKill(int exRank, POINT cel, int type);
void CDecor::BlupiActualise(int rank);   // refresh sprite
void CDecor::BlupiAdaptIcon(int rank);   // adapt icon for current state
void CDecor::BlupiPushFog(int rank);     // update fog of war
void CDecor::BlupiSound(int rank, int sound, POINT pos, BOOL bStop=FALSE);
void CDecor::BlupiInitAction(int rank, int action, int direct=-1);
void CDecor::BlupiChangeAction(int rank, int action, int direct=-1);
BOOL CDecor::BlupiNextAction(int rank);  // advance one animation frame
void CDecor::BlupiNextGoal(int rank);    // advance one GOAL step
BOOL CDecor::BlupiRotate(int rank);      // rotate to desired direction
void CDecor::BlupiStep(BOOL bFirst);     // tick all characters
BOOL CDecor::BlupiGoal(int rank, int button, POINT cel, POINT cMem);
void CDecor::BlupiGetRect(int rank, RECT &rect);
int  CDecor::GetTargetBlupi(POINT pos);  // find Blupi at screen position