fix boss

it works now except for a square being drawn in the shield. good enough

the_parser.p8

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+pico-8 cartridge // http://www.pico-8.com
+version 41
+__lua__
+-- the parser
+
+parser = {}
+mknew(parser)
+
+-- calls parse_into with a nop
+-- emit function.
+function parser:parse(str)
+ self:parse_into(str, function() end)
+end
+
+-- read a file of commands and
+-- execute them, emitting the
+-- results from each call into
+-- `emit` as a table per row.
+--
+-- a "command" is a method on
+-- self. a row alternates
+-- commands with args. when
+-- calling a command, it also
+-- gets a table of previous
+-- results as the first arg.
+-- args are split on ','.
+function parser:parse_into(str, emit)
+ for row in all(split(str, "\n")) do
+  local prev = {}
+  local sectors = split(row, ":")
+  for i=1,#sectors,2 do
+   local x = self[sectors[i]](self, prev, usplit(sectors[i+1]))
+   if (x) add(prev, x)
+  end
+  emit(prev)
+ end
+end
+
+-- saves prev[sel] as self.name.
+-- if sel is unspecified, saves
+-- all of prev (as a table).
+function parser:saveas(prev, name, sel)
+ self[name] = sel and prev[sel] or prev
+end
+
+-- returns its args, ignoring
+-- prev. Used to stuff things
+-- into prev. args are packed
+-- if there's multiple.
+function parser:val(_, ...)
+ local ret := pack(...)
+ if (#ret == 1) return ret[1]
+ return ret
+end
+
+function parser:bind(_, fn, ...)
+ local f = self[fn]
+ return function()
+  f(...)
+ end
+end