5 files changed, 35 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/engine/entities/Entity.ts b/engine/entities/Entity.ts
index 4e9df78..88982cb 100644
--- a/engine/entities/Entity.ts
+++ b/engine/entities/Entity.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
+import { EntityNames, Player } from ".";
 import type { Component } from "../components";
 
 export abstract class Entity {
-  public readonly id: string;
-  public readonly components: Map<string, Component>;
+  public id: string;
+  public components: Map<string, Component>;
+  public name: string;
 
-  constructor(id: string = crypto.randomUUID()) {
+  constructor(name: string, id: string = crypto.randomUUID()) {
+    this.name = name;
     this.id = id;
     this.components = new Map();
   }
@@ -27,4 +30,13 @@ export abstract class Entity {
   public hasComponent(name: string): boolean {
     return this.components.has(name);
   }
+
+  static from(entityName: string, args: any): Entity {
+    switch (entityName) {
+      case EntityNames.Player:
+        return new Player(args.playerId);
+      default:
+        throw new Error(".from() Entity type not implemented: " + entityName);
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/engine/entities/Floor.ts b/engine/entities/Floor.ts
index b204ce0..6cfc276 100644
--- a/engine/entities/Floor.ts
+++ b/engine/entities/Floor.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { IMAGES, SPRITE_SPECS, Sprites, type SpriteSpec } from "../config";
 import { BoundingBox, Sprite } from "../components";
 import { TopCollidable } from "../components/TopCollidable";
-import { Entity } from "../entities";
+import { Entity, EntityNames } from "../entities";
 
 export class Floor extends Entity {
   private static spriteSpec: SpriteSpec = SPRITE_SPECS.get(
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export class Floor extends Entity {
   ) as SpriteSpec;
 
   constructor(width: number) {
-    super();
+    super(EntityNames.Floor);
 
     this.addComponent(
       new Sprite(
diff --git a/engine/entities/Player.ts b/engine/entities/Player.ts
index 03fa69b..cfe4dd2 100644
--- a/engine/entities/Player.ts
+++ b/engine/entities/Player.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Entity } from ".";
+import { Entity, EntityNames } from ".";
 import { IMAGES, SPRITE_SPECS, Sprites, type SpriteSpec } from "../config";
 import {
   Jump,
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ export class Player extends Entity {
   private static MOI: number = 100;
 
   private static spriteSpec: SpriteSpec = SPRITE_SPECS.get(
-    Sprites.COFFEE
+    Sprites.COFFEE,
   ) as SpriteSpec;
 
-  constructor() {
-    super();
+  constructor(playerId: string) {
+    super(EntityNames.Player);
 
     this.addComponent(
       new BoundingBox(
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ export class Player extends Entity {
           y: 100,
         },
         { width: Player.spriteSpec.width, height: Player.spriteSpec.height },
-        0
-      )
+        0,
+      ),
     );
 
     this.addComponent(
-      new Velocity({ dCartesian: { dx: 0, dy: 0 }, dTheta: 0 })
+      new Velocity({ dCartesian: { dx: 0, dy: 0 }, dTheta: 0 }),
     );
 
     this.addComponent(new Mass(Player.MASS));
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export class Player extends Entity {
     this.addComponent(new Gravity());
 
     this.addComponent(new Jump());
-    this.addComponent(new Control());
+    this.addComponent(new Control(playerId));
 
     this.addComponent(new Collide());
     this.addComponent(new WallBounded());
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ export class Player extends Entity {
           { x: 0, y: 0 },
           { width: Player.spriteSpec.width, height: Player.spriteSpec.height },
           Player.spriteSpec.msPerFrame,
-          Player.spriteSpec.frames
-        )
+          Player.spriteSpec.frames,
+        ),
     );
 
     this.addComponent(new FacingDirection(leftSprite, rightSprite));
diff --git a/engine/entities/index.ts b/engine/entities/index.ts
index a921512..dd3dba9 100644
--- a/engine/entities/index.ts
+++ b/engine/entities/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-export * from "./Entity";
-export * from "./Floor";
-export * from "./Player";
+export * from "./Entity";
+export * from "./Floor";
+export * from "./Player";
+export * from "./names";
diff --git a/engine/entities/names.ts b/engine/entities/names.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21594c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/entities/names.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export namespace EntityNames {
+  export const Player = "Player";
+  export const Floor = "Floor";
+}