feat: Ability to use selfPositioning in SpawnComponent

doc/flame/components.md

@@ -853,9 +853,13 @@ spawn components along the edges of the shape set the `within` argument to false
 This would for example spawn new components of the type `MyComponent` every 0.5 seconds randomly
 within the defined circle:
 
+The `factory` function takes an `int` as an argument, which is the index of the component that is
+being spawned, so if for example 4 components have been spawned already the 5th component will have
+the index 4, since the indexing starts at 0.
+
 ```dart
 SpawnComponent(
-  factory: () => MyComponent(size: Vector2(10, 20)),
+  factory: (i) => MyComponent(size: Vector2(10, 20)),
   period: 0.5,
   area: Circle(Vector2(100, 200), 150),
 );
@@ -868,13 +872,26 @@ between each new spawned component is between 0.5 to 10 seconds.
 
 ```dart
 SpawnComponent.periodRange(
-  factory: () => MyComponent(size: Vector2(10, 20)),
+  factory: (i) => MyComponent(size: Vector2(10, 20)),
   minPeriod: 0.5,
   maxPeriod: 10,
   area: Circle(Vector2(100, 200), 150),
 );
 ```
 
+If you want to set the position yourself within the `factory` function, you can use set
+`selfPositioning = true` in the constructors and you will be able to set the positions yourself and
+ignore the `area` argument.
+
+```dart
+SpawnComponent(
+  factory: (i) =>
+    MyComponent(position: Vector2(100, 200), size: Vector2(10, 20)),
+  selfPositioning: true,
+  period: 0.5,
+);
+```
+
 
 ## SvgComponent
 

packages/flame/lib/src/components/spawn_component.dart

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import 'package:flame/math.dart';
 /// components.
 /// If you want to use a non static time interval, use the
 /// [SpawnComponent.periodRange] constructor.
+/// If you want to set the position of the spawned components yourself inside of
+/// the [factory], set [selfPositioning] to true.
 /// {@endtemplate}
 class SpawnComponent extends Component {
   /// {@macro spawn_component}
@@ -22,9 +24,14 @@ class SpawnComponent extends Component {
     required double period,
     this.area,
     this.within = true,
+    this.selfPositioning = false,
     Random? random,
     super.key,
-  })  : _period = period,
+  })  : assert(
+          !(selfPositioning && area != null),
+          "Don't set an area when you are using selfPositioning=true",
+        ),
+        _period = period,
         _random = random ?? randomFallback;
 
   /// Use this constructor if you want your components to spawn within an
@@ -38,9 +45,14 @@ class SpawnComponent extends Component {
     required double maxPeriod,
     this.area,
     this.within = true,
+    this.selfPositioning = false,
     Random? random,
     super.key,
-  })  : _period = minPeriod +
+  })  : assert(
+          !(selfPositioning && area != null),
+          "Don't set an area when you are using selfPositioning=true",
+        ),
+        _period = minPeriod +
             (random ?? randomFallback).nextDouble() * (maxPeriod - minPeriod),
         _random = random ?? randomFallback;
 
@@ -56,6 +68,11 @@ class SpawnComponent extends Component {
   /// Whether the random point should be within the [area] or along its edges.
   bool within;
 
+  /// Whether the spawned components positions shouldn't be given a position,
+  /// so that they can continue to have the position that they had after they
+  /// came out of the [factory].
+  bool selfPositioning;
+
   /// The timer that is used to control when components are spawned.
   late final Timer timer;
 
@@ -87,7 +104,7 @@ class SpawnComponent extends Component {
 
   @override
   FutureOr<void> onLoad() async {
-    if (area == null) {
+    if (area == null && !selfPositioning) {
       final parentPosition =
           ancestors().whereType<PositionProvider>().firstOrNull?.position ??
               Vector2.zero();
@@ -120,10 +137,12 @@ class SpawnComponent extends Component {
       repeat: true,
       onTick: () {
         final component = factory(amount);
-        component.position = area!.randomPoint(
-          random: _random,
-          within: within,
-        );
+        if (!selfPositioning) {
+          component.position = area!.randomPoint(
+            random: _random,
+            within: within,
+          );
+        }
         parent?.add(component);
         updatePeriod();
         amount++;

packages/flame/lib/src/particles/scaled_particle.dart

@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ import 'package:flame/src/components/mixins/single_child_particle.dart';
 import 'package:flame/src/particles/curved_particle.dart';
 import 'package:flame/src/particles/particle.dart';
 
-/// A particle which rotates its child over the lifespan
-/// between two given bounds in radians
+/// A particle which scales its child over the lifespan to the set scale.
 class ScaledParticle extends CurvedParticle with SingleChildParticle {
   @override
   Particle child;

packages/flame/test/components/spawn_component_test.dart

@@ -110,5 +110,35 @@ void main() {
         isTrue,
       );
     });
+
+    testWithFlameGame('Can self position', (game) async {
+      final random = Random(0);
+      final spawn = SpawnComponent(
+        factory: (_) => PositionComponent(position: Vector2.all(1000)),
+        period: 1,
+        selfPositioning: true,
+        random: random,
+      );
+      final world = game.world;
+      await world.ensureAdd(spawn);
+      game.update(0.5);
+      expect(world.children.length, 1);
+      game.update(0.5);
+      game.update(0.0);
+      expect(world.children.length, 2);
+      game.update(1.0);
+      game.update(0.0);
+      expect(world.children.length, 3);
+
+      for (var i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
+        game.update(random.nextDouble());
+      }
+      expect(
+        world.children
+            .query<PositionComponent>()
+            .every((c) => c.position == Vector2.all(1000)),
+        isTrue,
+      );
+    });
   });
 }