FullScreenMario.ts

// @echo '/// <reference path="GameStartr-0.2.0.ts" />'

// @ifdef INCLUDE_DEFINITIONS
/// <reference path="References/GameStartr-0.2.0.ts" />
/// <reference path="FullScreenMario.d.ts" />
// @endif

// @include ../Source/FullScreenMario.d.ts

module FullScreenMario {
    "use strict";

    /**
     * A free HTML5 remake of Nintendo's original Super Mario Bros, expanded for the
     * modern web. It includes the original 32 levels, a random map generator, a 
     * level editor, and over a dozen custom mods.
     */
    export class FullScreenMario extends GameStartr.GameStartr implements IFullScreenMario {
        // For the sake of reset functions, constants are stored as members of the 
        // FullScreenMario Function itself - this allows prototype setters to use 
        // them regardless of whether the prototype has been instantiated yet.

        /**
         * Static settings passed to individual reset Functions. Each of these
         * should be filled out separately, after the FullScreenMario class
         * has been declared but before an instance has been instantiated.
         */
        public static settings: IFullScreenMarioStoredSettings = {
            "audio": undefined,
            "collisions": undefined,
            "devices": undefined,
            "editor": undefined,
            "generator": undefined,
            "groups": undefined,
            "events": undefined,
            "help": undefined,
            "input": undefined,
            "math": undefined,
            "maps": undefined,
            "mods": undefined,
            "objects": undefined,
            "quadrants": undefined,
            "renderer": undefined,
            "runner": undefined,
            "scenes": undefined,
            "sprites": undefined,
            "items": undefined,
            "touch": undefined,
            "ui": undefined
        };

        /**
         * How much to expand each pixel from raw sizing measurements to in-game.
         */
        public static unitsize: number = 4;

        /**
         * How much to scale each pixel from PixelDrawr to the real canvas.
         */
        public static scale: number = 2;

        /**
         * How much falling Characters accelerate downward by default.
         */
        public static gravity: number = Math.round(12 * FullScreenMario.unitsize) / 100;

        /**
         * Levels of points to award for hopping on / shelling enemies.
         */
        public static pointLevels: number[] = [100, 200, 400, 500, 800, 1000, 2000, 4000, 5000, 8000];

        /**
         * Useful for custom text Things, where "text!" cannot be a Function name.
         */
        public static customTextMappings: ITextMappings = {
            " ": "Space",
            ".": "Period",
            "!": "ExclamationMark",
            ":": "Colon",
            "/": "Slash",
            "©": "Copyright"
        };

        /**
         * Overriden MapScreenr refers to the IMapScreenr defined in FullScreenMario.d.ts.
         */
        public MapScreener: IMapScreenr;

        /**
         * Stored settings to be stored separately and kept within a GameStartr.
         */
        public settings: IFullScreenMarioStoredSettings;

        /**
         * How much to expand each pixel from raw sizing measurements to in-game.
         */
        public unitsize: number;

        /**
         * Levels of points to award for hopping on / shelling enemies.
         */
        public pointLevels: number[];

        /**
         * Internal reference to the static customTextMappings.
         */

        /**
         * Useful for custom text Things, where "text!" cannot be a Function name.
         */
        public customTextMappings: ITextMappings;

        /**
         * The game's player, which (when defined) will always be a Player Thing.
         */
        public player: IPlayer;

        /**
         * Container for device motion information, used by this.deviceMotion.
         */
        public deviceMotionStatus: IDeviceMotionStatus;

        /**
         * Initializes a new instance of the FullScreenMario class using the static
         * settings stored in `FullScreenMario.setting`.
         * 
         * @param settings   Extra settings such as screen size.
         */
        constructor(settings: GameStartr.IGameStartrSettings) {
            this.settings = FullScreenMario.settings;

            this.deviceMotionStatus = {
                motionLeft: false,
                motionRight: false,
                x: undefined,
                y: undefined,
                dy: undefined
            };

            super(
                this.proliferate(
                    {
                        constantsSource: FullScreenMario,
                        constants: ["unitsize", "scale", "gravity", "pointLevels", "customTextMappings"]
                    },
                    settings));
        }


        /* Resets
        */

        /**
         * Sets this.ObjectMaker.
         *
         * Because many Thing functions require access to other FSM modules, each is
         * given a reference to this container FSM via properties.thing.GameStarter.
         *
         * @param FSM
         * @param customs   Any optional custom settings.
         */
        resetObjectMaker(FSM: FullScreenMario, settings: GameStartr.IGameStartrSettings): void {
            FSM.ObjectMaker = new ObjectMakr.ObjectMakr(
                FSM.proliferate(
                    {
                        properties: {
                            Quadrant: {
                                EightBitter: FSM,
                                GameStarter: FSM,
                                FSM: FSM
                            },
                            Thing: {
                                EightBitter: FSM,
                                GameStarter: FSM,
                                FSM: FSM
                            }
                        }
                    },
                    FSM.settings.objects));
        }

        /**
         * Sets this.AudioPlayer.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param customs   Any optional custom settings.
         */
        resetAudioPlayer(FSM: FullScreenMario, settings: GameStartr.IGameStartrSettings): void {
            super.resetAudioPlayer(FSM, settings);

            FSM.AudioPlayer.setGetVolumeLocal(FSM.getVolumeLocal.bind(FSM, FSM));

            FSM.AudioPlayer.setGetThemeDefault(FSM.getAudioThemeDefault.bind(FSM, FSM));
        }

        /**
         * Sets this.AreaSpawner.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param customs   Any optional custom settings.
         */
        resetAreaSpawner(FSM: FullScreenMario, settings: GameStartr.IGameStartrSettings): void {
            FSM.AreaSpawner = new AreaSpawnr.AreaSpawnr({
                "MapsCreator": FSM.MapsCreator,
                "MapScreener": FSM.MapScreener,
                "screenAttributes": (<any>FSM.settings.maps).screenAttributes,
                "onSpawn": (<any>FSM.settings.maps).onSpawn.bind(FSM),
                "stretchAdd": FSM.mapAddStretched.bind(FSM),
                "afterAdd": FSM.mapAddAfter.bind(FSM)
            });
        }

        /**
         * Resets this.ItemsHolder via the parent GameStartr resetItemsHolder.
         * 
         * If the screen isn't wide enough to fit the "lives" display, it's hidden.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param customs   Any optional custom settings.
         */
        resetItemsHolder(FSM: FullScreenMario, settings: GameStartr.IGameStartrSettings): void {
            super.resetItemsHolder(FSM, settings);

            if (settings.width < 560) {
                (<HTMLElement>(<HTMLTableRowElement>FSM.ItemsHolder.getContainer().children[0]).cells[4]).style.display = "none";
            }
        }

        /**
         * Sets this.MathDecider, using its existing MapScreenr as its constants.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param customs   Any optional custom settings.
         */
        resetMathDecider(FSM: FullScreenMario, customs: GameStartr.IMathDecidrCustoms): void {
            FSM.MathDecider = new MathDecidr.MathDecidr(
                FSM.proliferate(
                    {
                        "constants": FSM.MapScreener
                    },
                    FSM.settings.math));
        }

        /**
         * Sets this.container via the parent GameStartr resetContaienr.
         * 
         * The container is given the "Press Start" font, the PixelRender is told
         * to draw the scenery, solid, character, and text groups, and the container
         * width is set to the custom's width.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param customs   Any optional custom settings.
         */
        resetContainer(FSM: FullScreenMario, settings: GameStartr.IGameStartrSettings): void {
            super.resetContainer(FSM, settings);

            FSM.container.style.fontFamily = "Press Start";
            FSM.container.className += " FullScreenMario";

            FSM.PixelDrawer.setThingArrays([
                <GameStartr.IThing[]>FSM.GroupHolder.getGroup("Scenery"),
                <GameStartr.IThing[]>FSM.GroupHolder.getGroup("Solid"),
                <GameStartr.IThing[]>FSM.GroupHolder.getGroup("Character"),
                <GameStartr.IThing[]>FSM.GroupHolder.getGroup("Text")
            ]);

            FSM.ItemsHolder.getContainer().style.width = settings.width + "px";
            FSM.container.appendChild(FSM.ItemsHolder.getContainer());
        }


        /* Global manipulations
        */

        /**
         * Completely restarts the game. Lives are reset to 3, the map goes back
         * to default, and the onGameStart mod trigger is fired.
         */
        gameStart(): void {
            var FSM: FullScreenMario = FullScreenMario.prototype.ensureCorrectCaller(this);

            FSM.setMap(FSM.settings.maps.mapDefault, FSM.settings.maps.locationDefault);
            FSM.ItemsHolder.setItem(
                "lives",
                (<any>FSM.settings.items.values).lives.valueDefault);

            FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onGameStart");
        }

        /**
         * Completely ends the game. All Thing groups are clared, sounds are 
         * stopped, the screen goes to black, "GAME OVER" is displayed. After a 
         * while, the game restarts again via gameStart.
         */
        gameOver(): void {
            var FSM: FullScreenMario = FullScreenMario.prototype.ensureCorrectCaller(this),
                text: ICustomText = <ICustomText>FSM.ObjectMaker.make("CustomText", {
                    "texts": [{
                        "text": "GAME OVER"
                    }]
                }),
                texts: IThing[],
                textWidth: number,
                i: number;

            FSM.killNPCs();

            FSM.AudioPlayer.clearAll();
            FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Game Over");

            FSM.GroupHolder.clearArrays();
            FSM.ItemsHolder.hideContainer();
            FSM.TimeHandler.cancelAllEvents();
            FSM.PixelDrawer.setBackground("black");

            FSM.addThing(text, FSM.MapScreener.width / 2, FSM.MapScreener.height / 2);

            texts = text.children;
            textWidth = -(texts[texts.length - 1].right - texts[0].left) / 2;
            for (i = 0; i < texts.length; i += 1) {
                FSM.shiftHoriz(texts[i], textWidth);
            }

            FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                function (): void {
                    FSM.gameStart();
                    FSM.ItemsHolder.displayContainer();
                },
                420);

            FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onGameOver");
        }

        /**
         * Slight addition to the GameStartr thingProcess Function. The Thing's hit
         * check type is cached immediately.
         * 
         * @param thing   The Thing being processed.
         * @param title   What type Thing this is (the name of the class).
         * @param settings   Additional settings to be given to the Thing.
         * @param defaults   The default settings for the Thing's class.
         * @remarks This is generally called as the onMake call in an ObjectMakr.
         */
        thingProcess(thing: IThing, title: string, settings: any, defaults: any): void {
            // Infinite height refers to objects that reach exactly to the bottom
            if (<any>thing.height === "Infinity" || thing.height === Infinity) {
                thing.height = thing.FSM.getAbsoluteHeight(thing.y) / thing.FSM.unitsize;
            }

            super.thingProcess(thing, title, settings, defaults);

            thing.FSM.ThingHitter.cacheChecksForType(thing.title, thing.groupType);
        }

        /**
         * Generates a key for a Thing based off the current area and the Thing's
         * basic attributes. This should be used for PixelRender.get calls, to
         * cache the Thing's sprite.
         * 
         * @param thing
         * @returns A key that to identify the Thing's sprite.
         */
        generateThingKey(thing: IThing): string {
            return (<IArea>thing.GameStarter.AreaSpawner.getArea()).setting
                + " " + thing.groupType + " "
                + thing.title + " " + thing.className;
        }

        /**
         * Adds a Thing via addPreThing based on the specifications in a PreThing.
         * This is done relative to MapScreener.left and MapScreener.floor.
         * 
         * @param prething   A PreThing whose Thing is to be added to the game.
         */
        addPreThing(prething: IPreThing): void {
            var thing: IThing = prething.thing,
                position: string = prething.position || thing.position;

            thing.FSM.addThing(
                thing,
                prething.left * thing.FSM.unitsize - thing.FSM.MapScreener.left,
                ((<IMapScreenr>thing.FSM.MapScreener).floor - prething.top) * thing.FSM.unitsize);

            // Either the prething or thing, in that order, may request to be in the
            // front or back of its container using the "position" attribute
            if (position) {
                thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(function (): void {
                    switch (position) {
                        case "beginning":
                            thing.FSM.arrayToBeginning(thing, <any[]>thing.FSM.GroupHolder.getGroup(thing.groupType));
                            break;
                        case "end":
                            thing.FSM.arrayToEnd(thing, <any[]>thing.FSM.GroupHolder.getGroup(thing.groupType));
                            break;
                        default:
                            break;
                    }
                });
            }

            thing.FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onAddPreThing", prething);
        }

        /**
         * Adds a new Player Thing to the game and sets it as EightBitter.play. Any
         * required additional settings (namely keys, power/size, and swimming) are
         * applied here.
         * 
         * @param left   A left edge to place the Thing at (by default, unitsize * 16).
         * @param bottom   A bottom to place the Thing upon (by default, unitsize * 16).
         * @returns A newly created Player in the game.
         */
        addPlayer(left: number = this.unitsize * 16, bottom: number = this.unitsize * 16): IPlayer {
            var FSM: FullScreenMario = FullScreenMario.prototype.ensureCorrectCaller(this),
                player: IPlayer;

            player = FSM.player = <IPlayer>FSM.ObjectMaker.make("Player", {
                "power": FSM.ItemsHolder.getItem("power")
            });
            player.keys = player.getKeys();

            if ((<IMapScreenr>FSM.MapScreener).underwater) {
                player.swimming = true;

                FSM.TimeHandler.addClassCycle(
                    player,
                    [
                        "swim1", "swim2"
                    ],
                    "swimming",
                    5);

                FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                    player.FSM.animatePlayerBubbling,
                    96, Infinity,
                    player);
            }

            FSM.setPlayerSizeSmall(player);

            if (player.power >= 2) {
                FSM.playerGetsBig(player, true);
                if (player.power === 3) {
                    FSM.playerGetsFire(player);
                }
            }

            FSM.addThing(player, left, bottom - player.height * FSM.unitsize);

            FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onAddPlayer", player);

            return player;
        }

        /**
         * Shortcut to call scrollThing on a Player.
         * 
         * @param dx   How far to scroll horizontally.
         * @param dy   How far to scroll vertically.
         */
        scrollPlayer(dx: number, dy?: number): void {
            var FSM: FullScreenMario = FullScreenMario.prototype.ensureCorrectCaller(this);

            FSM.scrollThing(FSM.player, dx, dy);

            FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onScrollPlayer", dx, dy);
        }

        /**
         * Triggered Function for when the game is paused. Music stops, the pause
         * bleep is played, and the mod event is fired.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         */
        onGamePause(FSM: FullScreenMario): void {
            FSM.AudioPlayer.pauseAll();
            FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Pause");
            FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onGamePause");
        }

        /**
         * Triggered Function for when the game is played or unpause. Music resumes 
         * and the mod event is fired.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         */
        onGamePlay(FSM: FullScreenMario): void {
            FSM.AudioPlayer.resumeAll();
            FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onGamePlay");
        }


        /* Input
        */

        /**
         * Reacts to the left key being pressed. keys.run and leftDown are marked 
         * and the mod event is fired.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param event   The original user-caused Event.
         */
        keyDownLeft(FSM: FullScreenMario, event?: Event): void {
            if (FSM.GamesRunner.getPaused()) {
                return;
            }

            var player: IPlayer = FSM.player;

            player.keys.run = -1;
            player.keys.leftDown = true; // independent of changes to keys.run
            player.FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onKeyDownLeft");
        }

        /**
         * Reacts to the right key being pressed. keys.run and keys.rightDown are
         * marked and the mod event is fired.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param event   The original user-caused Event.
         */
        keyDownRight(FSM: FullScreenMario, event?: Event): void {
            if (FSM.GamesRunner.getPaused()) {
                return;
            }

            var player: IPlayer = FSM.player;

            player.keys.run = 1;
            player.keys.rightDown = true; // independent of changes to keys.run
            player.FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onKeyDownRight");

            if (event && event.preventDefault !== undefined) {
                event.preventDefault();
            }
        }

        /**
         * Reacts to the up key being pressed. If a Player can jump, it does, and
         * underwater paddling is checked. The mod event is fired.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param event   The original user-caused Event.
         */
        keyDownUp(FSM: FullScreenMario, event?: Event): void {
            if (FSM.GamesRunner.getPaused()) {
                return;
            }

            var player: IPlayer = FSM.player;

            player.keys.up = true;

            if (player.canjump && (player.resting || FSM.MapScreener.underwater)) {
                player.keys.jump = true;
                player.canjump = false;
                player.keys.jumplev = 0;

                if (player.power > 1) {
                    FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Jump Super");
                } else {
                    FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Jump Small");
                }

                if (FSM.MapScreener.underwater) {
                    FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                        function (): void {
                            player.jumping = player.keys.jump = false;
                        },
                        14);
                }
            }

            FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onKeyDownUp");

            if (event && event.preventDefault !== undefined) {
                event.preventDefault();
            }
        }

        /**
         * Reacts to the down key being pressed. A player's keys.crouch is marked 
         * and the mod event is fired.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param event   The original user-caused Event.
         */
        keyDownDown(FSM: FullScreenMario, event?: Event): void {
            if (FSM.GamesRunner.getPaused()) {
                return;
            }

            var player: IPlayer = FSM.player;

            player.keys.crouch = true;
            FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onKeyDownDown");

            if (event && event.preventDefault !== undefined) {
                event.preventDefault();
            }
        }

        /**
         * Reacts to the sprint key being pressed. Firing happens if a Player is
         * able, keys.spring is marked, and the mod event is fired.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param event   The original user-caused Event.
         */
        keyDownSprint(FSM: FullScreenMario, event?: Event): void {
            if (FSM.GamesRunner.getPaused()) {
                return;
            }

            var player: IPlayer = FSM.player;

            if (player.power === 3 && player.keys.sprint === false && !player.crouching) {
                player.fire(player);
            }

            player.keys.sprint = true;
            player.FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onKeyDownSprint");

            if (event && event.preventDefault !== undefined) {
                event.preventDefault();
            }
        }

        /**
         * Reacts to the pause key being pressed. The game is either paused or unpaused,
         * and the mod event is fired.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param event   The original user-caused Event.
         */
        keyDownPause(FSM: FullScreenMario, event?: Event): void {
            if (FSM.GamesRunner.getPaused()) {
                FSM.GamesRunner.play();
            } else {
                FSM.GamesRunner.pause();
            }

            FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onKeyDownPause");

            if (event && event.preventDefault !== undefined) {
                event.preventDefault();
            }
        }

        /**
         * Reacts to the mute key being lifted. Muting is toggled and the mod event
         * is fired.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param event   The original user-caused Event.
         */
        keyDownMute(FSM: FullScreenMario, event?: Event): void {
            if (FSM.GamesRunner.getPaused()) {
                return;
            }

            FSM.AudioPlayer.toggleMuted();
            FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onKeyDownMute");

            if (event && event.preventDefault !== undefined) {
                event.preventDefault();
            }
        }

        /**
         * Reacts to the left key being lifted. keys.run and keys.leftDown are 
         * marked and the mod event is fired.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param event   The original user-caused Event.
         */
        keyUpLeft(FSM: FullScreenMario, event?: Event): void {
            var player: IPlayer = FSM.player;

            player.keys.run = 0;
            player.keys.leftDown = false;

            FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onKeyUpLeft");

            if (event && event.preventDefault !== undefined) {
                event.preventDefault();
            }
        }

        /**
         * Reacts to the right key being lifted. keys.run and keys.rightDown are 
         * marked and the mod event is fired.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param event   The original user-caused Event.
         */
        keyUpRight(FSM: FullScreenMario, event?: Event): void {
            var player: IPlayer = FSM.player;

            player.keys.run = 0;
            player.keys.rightDown = false;

            FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onKeyUpRight");

            if (event && event.preventDefault !== undefined) {
                event.preventDefault();
            }
        }

        /**
         * Reacts to the up key being lifted. Jumping stops and the mod event is
         * fired.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param event   The original user-caused Event.
         */
        keyUpUp(FSM: FullScreenMario, event?: Event): void {
            var player: IPlayer = FSM.player;

            if (!FSM.MapScreener.underwater) {
                player.keys.jump = player.keys.up = false;
            }

            player.canjump = true;
            FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onKeyUpUp");

            if (event && event.preventDefault !== undefined) {
                event.preventDefault();
            }
        }

        /**
         * Reacts to the down key being lifted. keys.crouch is marked, crouch
         * removal happens if necessary, and the mod event is fired.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param event   The original user-caused Event.
         */
        keyUpDown(FSM: FullScreenMario, event?: Event): void {
            var player: IPlayer = FSM.player;

            player.keys.crouch = false;

            if (!player.piping) {
                FSM.animatePlayerRemoveCrouch(player);
            }

            FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onKeyUpDown");

            if (event && event.preventDefault !== undefined) {
                event.preventDefault();
            }
        }

        /**
         * Reacts to the spring key being lifted. keys.sprint is marked and the mod
         * event is fired.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param event   The original user-caused Event.
         */
        keyUpSprint(FSM: FullScreenMario, event?: Event): void {
            var player: IPlayer = FSM.player;

            player.keys.sprint = false;
            FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onKeyUpSprint");

            if (event && event.preventDefault !== undefined) {
                event.preventDefault();
            }
        }

        /**
         * Reacts to the pause key being lifted. The mod event is fired.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param event   The original user-caused Event.
         */
        keyUpPause(FSM: FullScreenMario, event?: Event): void {
            FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onKeyUpPause");

            if (event && event.preventDefault !== undefined) {
                event.preventDefault();
            }
        }

        /**
         * Reacts to a right click being pressed. Pausing is toggled and the mod
         * event is fired.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param event   The original user-caused Event.
         */
        mouseDownRight(FSM: FullScreenMario, event?: Event): void {
            FSM.GamesRunner.togglePause();
            FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onMouseDownRight");

            if (event && event.preventDefault !== undefined) {
                event.preventDefault();
            }
        }

        /**
         * Reacts to a regularly caused device motion event. Acceleration is checked
         * for changed tilt horizontally (to trigger left or right key statuses) or
         * changed tilt vertically (jumping). The mod event is also fired.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param event   The original user-caused Event.
         */
        deviceMotion(FSM: FullScreenMario, event: DeviceMotionEvent): void {
            var player: IPlayer = FSM.player,
                deviceMotionStatus: IDeviceMotionStatus = FSM.deviceMotionStatus,
                acceleration: DeviceAcceleration = event.accelerationIncludingGravity;

            FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onDeviceMotion", event);

            if (deviceMotionStatus.y !== undefined) {
                deviceMotionStatus.dy = acceleration.y - deviceMotionStatus.y;
                if (deviceMotionStatus.dy > 0.21) {
                    FSM.keyDownUp(FSM);
                } else if (deviceMotionStatus.dy < -0.14) {
                    FSM.keyUpUp(FSM);
                }
            }

            deviceMotionStatus.x = acceleration.x;
            deviceMotionStatus.y = acceleration.y;

            if (deviceMotionStatus.x > 2.1) {
                if (!deviceMotionStatus.motionLeft) {
                    player.FSM.keyDownLeft(FSM);
                    deviceMotionStatus.motionLeft = true;
                }
            } else if (deviceMotionStatus.x < -2.1) {
                if (!deviceMotionStatus.motionRight) {
                    player.FSM.keyDownRight(FSM);
                    deviceMotionStatus.motionRight = true;
                }
            } else {
                if (deviceMotionStatus.motionLeft) {
                    player.FSM.keyUpLeft(FSM);
                    deviceMotionStatus.motionLeft = false;
                }
                if (deviceMotionStatus.motionRight) {
                    player.FSM.keyUpRight(FSM);
                    deviceMotionStatus.motionRight = false;
                }
            }
        }

        /**
         * Checks whether inputs can be fired, which is equivalent to the status of
         * the MapScreener's nokeys variable (an inverse value).
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @returns Whether inputs are allowed to trigger.
         */
        canInputsTrigger(FSM: FullScreenMario): boolean {
            return !FSM.MapScreener.nokeys;
        }


        /* Upkeep maintenence
        */

        /**
         * Regular maintenance Function called to decrease time every 25 game ticks.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @returns Whether time should stop counting, which is whether it's <= 0.
         */
        maintainTime(FSM: FullScreenMario): boolean {
            if (!(<IMapScreenr>FSM.MapScreener).notime) {
                FSM.ItemsHolder.decrease("time", 1);
                return false;
            }

            if (!FSM.ItemsHolder.getItem("time")) {
                return true;
            }

            return false;
        }

        /**
         * Regular maintenance Function called on the Scenery group every 350
         * upkeeps (slightly over 5 seconds). Things are checked for being alive
         * and to the left of QuadsKeeper.left; if they aren't, they are removed.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         */
        maintainScenery(FSM: FullScreenMario): void {
            var things: IScenery[] = <IScenery[]>FSM.GroupHolder.getGroup("Scenery"),
                delx: number = FSM.QuadsKeeper.left,
                thing: IThing,
                i: number;

            for (i = 0; i < things.length; i += 1) {
                thing = things[i];

                if (thing.right < delx && thing.outerok !== 2) {
                    FSM.arrayDeleteThing(thing, things, i);
                    i -= 1;
                }
            }
        }

        /**
         * Regular maintenance Function called on the Solids group every upkeep.  
         * Things are checked for being alive and to the right of QuadsKeeper.left; 
         * if they aren't, they are removed. Each Thing is also allowed a movement
         * Function.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param solids   FSM's GroupHolder's Solid group.
         */
        maintainSolids(FSM: FullScreenMario, solids: ISolid[]): void {
            var delx: number = FSM.QuadsKeeper.left,
                solid: IThing,
                i: number;

            FSM.QuadsKeeper.determineAllQuadrants("Solid", solids);

            for (i = 0; i < solids.length; i += 1) {
                solid = solids[i];

                if (solid.alive && solid.right > delx) {
                    if (solid.movement) {
                        solid.movement(solid);
                    }
                } else if (!solid.alive || solid.outerok !== 2) {
                    FSM.arrayDeleteThing(solid, solids, i);
                    i -= 1;
                }
            }
        }

        /**
         * Regular maintenance Function called on the Characters group every upkeep.
         * Things have gravity and y-velocities, collision detection, and resting
         * checks applied before they're checked for being alive. If they are, they
         * are allowed a movement Function; if not, they are removed.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param characters   FSM's GroupHolder's Characters group.
         */
        maintainCharacters(FSM: FullScreenMario, characters: ICharacter[]): void {
            var delx: number = FSM.QuadsKeeper.right,
                character: ICharacter,
                i: number;

            for (i = 0; i < characters.length; i += 1) {
                character = characters[i];

                // Gravity
                if (character.resting) {
                    character.yvel = 0;
                } else {
                    if (!character.nofall) {
                        character.yvel += character.gravity || FSM.MapScreener.gravity;
                    }
                    character.yvel = Math.min(character.yvel, FSM.MapScreener.maxyvel);
                }

                // Position updating and collision detection
                character.under = character.undermid = undefined;
                FSM.updatePosition(character);
                FSM.QuadsKeeper.determineThingQuadrants(character);
                FSM.ThingHitter.checkHitsForThing(character);

                // Overlaps
                if (character.overlaps && character.overlaps.length) {
                    FSM.maintainOverlaps(<ICharacterOverlapping>character);
                }

                // Resting tests
                if (character.resting) {
                    if (!FSM.isCharacterOnResting(character, character.resting)) {
                        if (character.onRestingOff) {
                            character.onRestingOff(character, character.resting);
                        } else {
                            // Necessary for moving platforms
                            character.resting = undefined;
                        }
                    } else {
                        character.yvel = 0;
                        FSM.setBottom(character, character.resting.top);
                    }
                }

                // Movement or deletion
                // To do: rethink this...
                if (character.alive) {
                    if (!character.player &&
                        (character.numquads === 0 || character.left > delx) &&
                        (!character.outerok || (
                            character.outerok !== 2
                            && character.right < FSM.MapScreener.width - delx
                        ))) {
                        FSM.arrayDeleteThing(character, characters, i);
                        i -= 1;
                    } else {
                        if (!character.nomove && character.movement) {
                            character.movement(character);
                        }
                    }
                } else {
                    FSM.arrayDeleteThing(character, characters, i);
                    i -= 1;
                }
            }
        }

        /**
         * Maintenance Function only triggered for Things that are known to have 
         * overlapping Solids stored in their overlaps attribute. This will slide
         * the offending Thing away from the midpoint of those overlaps once a call
         * until it's past the boundary (and check for those boundaries if not 
         * already set).
         * 
         * @param character   A Character that is known to be overlapping Solid(s).
         */
        maintainOverlaps(character: ICharacterOverlapping): void {
            // If checkOverlaps is still true, this is the first maintain call
            if (character.checkOverlaps) {
                if (!character.FSM.setOverlapBoundaries(<ICharacterOverlapping>character)) {
                    return;
                }
            }

            character.FSM.slideToX(character, character.overlapGoal, character.FSM.unitsize);

            // Goal to the right: has the thing gone far enough to the right?
            if (character.overlapGoRight) {
                if (character.left >= character.overlapCheck) {
                    character.FSM.setLeft(character, character.overlapCheck);
                } else {
                    return;
                }
            } else {
                // Goal to the left: has the thing gone far enough to the left?
                if (character.right <= character.overlapCheck) {
                    character.FSM.setRight(character, character.overlapCheck);
                } else {
                    return;
                }
            }

            // A check above didn't fail into a return, so overlapping is solved
            character.overlaps.length = 0;
            character.checkOverlaps = true;
        }

        /**
         * Sets the overlapping properties of a Thing when it is first detected as
         * overlapping in maintainOverlaps. All Solids in its overlaps Array are
         * checked to find the leftmost and rightmost extremes and midpoint.
         * Then, the Thing is checked for being to the left or right of the 
         * midpoint, and the goal set to move it away from the midpoint.
         * 
         * @param thing
         * @returns Whether the Thing's overlaps were successfully recorded.
         */
        setOverlapBoundaries(thing: ICharacterOverlapping): boolean {
            // Only having one overlap means nothing should be done
            if (thing.overlaps.length === 1) {
                thing.overlaps.length = 0;
                return false;
            }

            var rightX: number = -Infinity,
                leftX: number = Infinity,
                overlaps: ISolid[] = thing.overlaps,
                other: ISolid,
                leftThing: IThing,
                rightThing: IThing,
                midpoint: number,
                i: number;

            for (i = 0; i < overlaps.length; i += 1) {
                other = overlaps[i];

                if (other.right > rightX) {
                    rightThing = other;
                }
                if (other.left < leftX) {
                    leftThing = other;
                }
            }

            midpoint = (leftX + rightX) / 2;

            if (thing.FSM.getMidX(thing) >= midpoint) {
                thing.overlapGoal = Infinity;
                thing.overlapGoRight = true;
                thing.overlapCheck = rightThing.right;
            } else {
                thing.overlapGoal = -Infinity;
                thing.overlapGoRight = false;
                thing.overlapCheck = leftThing.left;
            }

            thing.checkOverlaps = false;

            return true;
        }

        /**
         * Regular maintenance Function called on a Player every upkeep. A barrage
         * of tests are applied, namely falling/jumping, dieing, x- and y-velocities,
         * running, and scrolling. This is separate from the movePlayer movement
         * Function that will be called in maintainCharacters.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         */
        maintainPlayer(FSM: FullScreenMario): void {
            var player: IPlayer = FSM.player;
            if (!FSM.isThingAlive(player)) {
                return;
            }

            // Player is falling
            if (player.yvel > 0) {
                if (!FSM.MapScreener.underwater) {
                    player.keys.jump = false;
                }
                // Jumping?
                if (!player.jumping && !player.crouching) {
                    // Paddling? (from falling off a solid)
                    if (FSM.MapScreener.underwater) {
                        if (!player.paddling) {
                            FSM.switchClass(player, "paddling", "paddling");
                            player.paddling = true;
                        }
                    } else {
                        FSM.addClass(player, "jumping");
                        player.jumping = true;
                    }
                }
                // Player has fallen too far
                if (!player.dieing && player.top > FSM.MapScreener.bottom) {
                    // If the map has an exit (e.g. cloud world), transport there
                    if ((<IArea>FSM.AreaSpawner.getArea()).exit) {
                        FSM.setLocation((<IArea>FSM.AreaSpawner.getArea()).exit);
                    } else {
                        // Otherwise, since Player is below the screen, kill him dead
                        FSM.killPlayer(player, 2);
                    }

                    return;
                }
            }

            // Player is moving to the right
            if (player.xvel > 0) {
                if (player.right > FSM.MapScreener.middleX) {
                    // If Player is to the right of the screen's middle, move the screen
                    if (player.right > FSM.MapScreener.right - FSM.MapScreener.left) {
                        player.xvel = Math.min(0, player.xvel);
                    }
                }
            } else if (player.left < 0) {
                // Player is moving to the left
                // Stop Player from going to the left.
                player.xvel = Math.max(0, player.xvel);
            }

            // Player is hitting something (stop jumping)
            if (player.under) {
                player.jumpcount = 0;
            }

            // Scrolloffset is how far over the middle player's right is
            if (FSM.MapScreener.canscroll) {
                var scrolloffset: number = player.right - FSM.MapScreener.middleX;
                if (scrolloffset > 0) {
                    FSM.scrollWindow(Math.min(player.scrollspeed, scrolloffset));
                }
            }
        }


        /* Collision detectors
        */

        /**
         * Function generator for the generic canThingCollide checker. This is used
         * repeatedly by ThingHittr to generate separately optimized Functions for
         * different Thing types.
         * 
         * @returns A Function that generates a canThingCollide checker.
         */
        generateCanThingCollide(): (thing: IThing) => boolean {
            /**
             * Generic checker for canCollide, used for both Solids and Characters.
             * This just returns if the Thing is alive and doesn't have the
             * nocollide flag.
             * 
             * @param thing
             * @returns Whether the thing can collide.
             */
            return function canThingCollide(thing: IThing): boolean {
                return thing.alive && !thing.nocollide;
            };
        }

        /**
         * @param thing
         * @returns Whether the Thing is alive, meaning it has a true alive flag
         *          and a false dead flag.
         */
        isThingAlive(thing: IThing): boolean {
            return thing && thing.alive && !thing.dead;
        }

        /**
         * Generic base function to check if one Thing is touching another. This 
         * will be called by the more specific Thing touching functions.
         * 
         * @param thing
         * @param other
         * @returns Whether the two Things are touching.
         * @remarks The horizontal checks use allow a unitsize of flexibility.
         */
        isThingTouchingThing(thing: IThing, other: IThing): boolean {
            return (
                !thing.nocollide && !other.nocollide
                && thing.right - thing.FSM.unitsize > other.left
                && thing.left + thing.FSM.unitsize < other.right
                && thing.bottom >= other.top
                && thing.top <= other.bottom);
        }

        /**
         * General top collision detection Function for two Things to determine if
         * one Thing is on top of another. This takes into consideration factors
         * such as which are solid or an enemy, and y-velocity.
         * 
         * @param thing
         * @param other
         * @returns Whether thing is on top of other.
         * @remarks This is a more specific form of isThingTouchingThing.
         */
        isThingOnThing(thing: IThing, other: IThing): boolean {
            // If thing is a solid and other is falling, thing can't be above other
            if (thing.groupType === "Solid" && other.yvel > 0) {
                return false;
            }

            // If other is falling faster than thing, and isn't a solid,
            // thing can't be on top (if anything, the opposite is true)
            if (thing.yvel < other.yvel && other.groupType !== "Solid") {
                return false;
            }

            // If thing is a Player, and it's on top of an enemy, that's true
            if ((<ICharacter>thing).player && thing.bottom < other.bottom && (<IEnemy>other).enemy) {
                return true;
            }

            // If thing is too far to the right, it can't be touching other
            if (thing.left + thing.FSM.unitsize >= other.right) {
                return false;
            }

            // If thing is too far to the left, it can't be touching other
            if (thing.right - thing.FSM.unitsize <= other.left) {
                return false;
            }

            // If thing's bottom is below other's top, factoring tolerance and
            // other's vertical velocity, they're touching
            if (thing.bottom <= other.top + other.toly + other.yvel) {
                return true;
            }

            // Same as before, but with velocity as the absolute difference
            // between their two velocities
            if (thing.bottom <= other.top + other.toly + Math.abs(thing.yvel - other.yvel)) {
                return true;
            }

            // None of the above checks passed for true, so this is false (thing's
            // bottom is above other's top)
            return false;
        }

        /**
         * Top collision Function to determine if a Thing is on top of a Solid.
         * 
         * @param thing
         * @param other
         * @returns Whether thing is on top of other.
         * @remarks Similar to isThingOnThing, but more specifically used for
         *          isCharacterOnSolid and isCharacterOnResting
         */
        isThingOnSolid(thing: IThing, other: ISolid): boolean {
            // If thing is too far to the right, they're not touching
            if (thing.left + thing.FSM.unitsize >= other.right) {
                return false;
            }

            // If thing is too far to the left, they're not touching
            if (thing.right - thing.FSM.unitsize <= other.left) {
                return false;
            }

            // If thing's bottom is below other's top, factoring thing's velocity
            // and other's tolerance, they're touching
            if (thing.bottom - thing.yvel <= other.top + other.toly + thing.yvel) {
                return true;
            }

            // Same as before, but with velocity as the absolute difference between
            // their two velocities
            if (thing.bottom <= other.top + other.toly + Math.abs(thing.yvel - other.yvel)) {
                return true;
            }

            // None of the above checks passed for true, so this is false (thing's
            // bottom is above other's top
            return false;
        }

        /**
         * Top collision Function to determine if a character is on top of a solid.
         * This is always true for resting (since resting checks happen before when
         * this should be called).
         * 
         * @param thing
         * @param other
         * @returns Whether thing is on top of other.
         */
        isCharacterOnSolid(thing: ICharacter, other: ISolid): boolean {
            // If character is resting on solid, this is automatically true
            if (thing.resting === other) {
                return true;
            }

            // If the character is jumping upwards, it's not on a solid
            // (removing this check would cause Mario to have "sticky" behavior when
            // jumping at the corners of solids)
            if (thing.yvel < 0) {
                return false;
            }

            // The character and solid must be touching appropriately
            if (!thing.FSM.isThingOnSolid(thing, other)) {
                return false;
            }

            // Corner case: when character is exactly falling off the right (false)
            if (thing.left + thing.xvel + thing.FSM.unitsize === other.right) {
                return false;
            }

            // Corner case: when character is exactly falling off the left (false)
            if (thing.right - thing.xvel - thing.FSM.unitsize === other.left) {
                return false;
            }

            // None of the above checks caught a falsity, so this must be true
            return true;
        }

        /**
         * Top collision Function to determine if a character should be considered 
         * resting on a solid. This mostly uses isThingOnSolid, but also checks for
         * the corner cases of the character being exactly at the edge of the solid
         * (such as when jumping while next to it).
         * 
         * @param thing
         * @param other
         * @returns Whether thing is on top of other.
         */
        isCharacterOnResting(thing: ICharacter, other: ISolid): boolean {
            if (!thing.FSM.isThingOnSolid(thing, other)) {
                return false;
            }

            // Corner case: when character is exactly falling off the right (false)
            if (thing.left + thing.xvel + thing.FSM.unitsize === other.right) {
                return false;
            }

            // Corner case: when character is exactly falling off the left (false)
            if (thing.right - thing.xvel - thing.FSM.unitsize === other.left) {
                return false;
            }

            // None of the above checks caught a falsity, so this must be true
            return true;
        }

        /**
         * Function generator for the generic isCharacterTouchingCharacter checker.
         * This is used repeatedly by ThingHittr to generate separately optimized
         * Functions for different Thing types.
         * 
         * @returns A Function that generates isCharacterTouchingCharacter. 
         */
        generateIsCharacterTouchingCharacter(): (thing: ICharacter, other: ICharacter) => boolean {
            /**
             * Generic checker for whether two characters are touching each other.
             * This mostly checks to see if either has the nocollidechar flag, and
             * if the other is a player. isThingTouchingThing is used after.
             * 
             * @param thing
             * @param other
             * @returns Whether thing is touching other.
             */
            return function isCharacterTouchingCharacter(thing: ICharacter, other: ICharacter): boolean {
                if (thing.nocollidechar && (!other.player || thing.nocollideplayer)) {
                    return false;
                }

                if (other.nocollidechar && (!thing.player || other.nocollideplayer)) {
                    return false;
                }

                return thing.FSM.isThingTouchingThing(thing, other);
            };
        }

        /**
         * Function generator for the generic isCharacterTouchingSolid checker. This
         * is used repeatedly by ThingHittr to generate separately optimized 
         * Functions for different Thing types.
         * 
         * @returns A Function that generates isCharacterTouchingSolid.
         */
        generateIsCharacterTouchingSolid(): (thing: ICharacter, other: ISolid) => boolean {
            /**
             * Generic checker for whether a character is touching a solid. The
             * hidden, collideHidden, and nocollidesolid flags are most relevant.
             * 
             * @param thing
             * @param other
             * @returns Whether thing is touching other.
             */
            return function isCharacterTouchingSolid(thing: ICharacter, other: ISolid): boolean {
                // Hidden solids can only be touched by a Player bottom-bumping
                // them, or by specifying collideHidden
                if (other.hidden && !other.collideHidden) {
                    if (!thing.player || !thing.FSM.isSolidOnCharacter(other, thing)) {
                        return false;
                    }
                }

                if (thing.nocollidesolid && !(thing.allowUpSolids && other.up)) {
                    return false;
                }

                return thing.FSM.isThingTouchingThing(thing, other);
            };
        }

        /**
         * @param thing
         * @param other
         * @returns Whether thing's bottom is above other's top, allowing for 
         *          other's toly.
         */
        isCharacterAboveEnemy(thing: ICharacter, other: ICharacter): boolean {
            return thing.bottom < other.top + other.toly;
        }

        /**
         * @param thing
         * @param other
         * @returns Whether thing's top is above other's bottom, allowing for
         *          the Thing's toly and yvel.
         */
        isCharacterBumpingSolid(thing: ICharacter, other: ISolid): boolean {
            return thing.top + thing.toly + Math.abs(thing.yvel) > other.bottom;
        }

        /**
         * @param thing
         * @param other
         * @returns Whether thing is "overlapping" other.
         */
        isCharacterOverlappingSolid(thing: ICharacter, other: ISolid): boolean {
            return thing.top <= other.top && thing.bottom > other.bottom;
        }

        /**
         * @param thing
         * @param other
         * @returns Whether thing, typically a solid, is on top of other.
         * @remarks This is similar to isThingOnThing, but more specifically 
         *          used for characterTouchedSolid.
         */
        isSolidOnCharacter(thing: ISolid, other: ICharacter): boolean {
            // This can never be true if other is falling
            if (other.yvel >= 0) {
                return false;
            }

            // Horizontally, all that's required is for the other's midpoint to
            // be within the thing's left and right
            var midx: number = thing.FSM.getMidX(other);
            if (midx <= thing.left || midx >= thing.right) {
                return false;
            }

            // If the thing's bottom is below the other's top, factoring
            // tolerance and velocity, that's false (this function assumes they're
            // already touching)
            if (thing.bottom - thing.yvel > other.top + other.toly - other.yvel) {
                return false;
            }

            // The above checks never caught falsities, so this must be true
            return true;
        }


        /* Collision reactions
        */

        /**
         * Externally facing Function to gain some number of lives. ItemsHolder 
         * increases the "score" statistic, an audio is played, and the mod event is 
         * fired.
         * 
         * @param amount   How many lives to gain (by default, 1).
         * @param nosound   Whether the sound should be skipped (by default,
         *                  false).
         */
        gainLife(amount: number, nosound?: boolean): void {
            var FSM: FullScreenMario = FullScreenMario.prototype.ensureCorrectCaller(this);

            amount = Number(amount) || 1;

            FSM.ItemsHolder.increase("lives", amount);

            if (!nosound) {
                this.AudioPlayer.play("Gain Life");
            }

            FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onGainLife", amount);
        }

        /**
         * Basic Function for an item to jump slightly into the air, such as from 
         * a Player hitting a solid below it. 
         * 
         * @param thing   An item.
         * @remarks This simply moves the thing up slightly and decreases its
         *          y-velocity, without considering x-direction.
         */
        itemJump(thing: IItem): void {
            thing.yvel -= FullScreenMario.unitsize * 1.4;
            this.shiftVert(thing, -FullScreenMario.unitsize);
        }

        /**
         * Generic Function for when a Player jumps on top of an enemy. The enemy
         * is killed, a Player's velocity points upward, and score is gained.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player jumping on other.
         * @param other   An Enemy being jumped upon.
         */
        jumpEnemy(thing: IPlayer, other: IEnemy): void {
            if (thing.keys.up) {
                thing.yvel = thing.FSM.unitsize * -1.4;
            } else {
                thing.yvel = thing.FSM.unitsize * -0.7;
            }

            thing.xvel *= 0.91;
            thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Kick");

            if (!(<IItem>thing).item || other.shell) {
                thing.jumpcount += 1;
                thing.FSM.scoreOn(thing.FSM.findScore(thing.jumpcount + thing.jumpers), other);
            }

            thing.jumpers += 1;
            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                function (thing: IPlayer): void {
                    thing.jumpers -= 1;
                },
                1,
                thing);
        }

        /**
         * Callback for a Player hitting a Mushroom or FireFlower. A player's
         * power and the ItemsHolder's "power" statistic both go up, and the
         * corresponding animations and mod event are triggered.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player powering up.
         * @param other   A Mushroom powering up hte Player.
         */
        playerShroom(thing: IPlayer, other: IItem): void {
            if (thing.shrooming || !thing.player) {
                return;
            }

            thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Powerup");
            thing.FSM.scoreOn(1000, thing.FSM.player);

            if (thing.power < 3) {
                thing.FSM.ItemsHolder.increase("power");

                if (thing.power < 3) {
                    thing.shrooming = true;
                    thing.power += 1;

                    if (thing.power === 3) {
                        thing.FSM.playerGetsFire(thing.FSM.player);
                    } else {
                        thing.FSM.playerGetsBig(thing.FSM.player);
                    }
                }
            }

            thing.FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onPlayerShroom", thing, other);
        }

        /**
         * Callback for a Player hitting a Mushroom1Up. The game simply calls 
         * gainLife and triggers the mod event.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player gaining a life.
         * @param other   The Mushroom1Up giving the life.
         */
        playerShroom1Up(thing: ICharacter, other: IItem): void {
            if (!thing.player) {
                return;
            }

            thing.FSM.gainLife(1);
            thing.FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onPlayerShroom1Up", thing, other);
        }

        /**
         * Callback for a Player hitting a Star. A set of animation loops and 
         * sounds play, and the mod event is triggered. After some long period time,
         * playerStarDown is called to start the process of removing star power.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player gaining star powers.
         * @param timeout   How long to wait before calling playerStarDown 
         *                  (by default, 560).
         */
        playerStarUp(thing: IPlayer, timeout: number = 560): void {
            thing.star += 1;

            thing.FSM.switchClass(thing, "normal fiery", "star");

            thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Powerup");
            thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.addEventListener(
                "Powerup",
                "ended",
                thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.playTheme.bind(
                    thing.FSM.AudioPlayer, "Star", true
                ));

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addClassCycle(
                thing,
                ["star1", "star2", "star3", "star4"],
                "star",
                2);

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                thing.FSM.playerStarDown,
                timeout || 560,
                thing);

            thing.FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onPlayerStarUp", thing);
        }

        /**
         * Trigger to commence reducing a Player's star power. This slows the
         * class cycle, times a playerStarOffCycle trigger, and fires the mod event.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player losing star powers.
         */
        playerStarDown(thing: IPlayer): void {
            if (!thing.player) {
                return;
            }

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.cancelClassCycle(thing, "star");
            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addClassCycle(
                thing,
                [
                    "star1", "star2", "star3", "star4"
                ],
                "star",
                5);

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                thing.FSM.playerStarOffCycle,
                140,
                thing
            );

            thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.removeEventListeners("Powerup", "ended");

            thing.FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onPlayerStarDown", thing);
        }

        /**
         * Trigger to continue reducing a Player's star power. This resumes 
         * playing the regular theme, times a playerStarOffFinal trigger, and fires
         * the mod event.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player losing star powers.
         */
        playerStarOffCycle(thing: IPlayer): void {
            if (!thing.player) {
                return;
            }

            if (thing.star > 1) {
                thing.star -= 1;
                return;
            }

            if (!thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.getTheme().paused) {
                thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.playTheme();
            }

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(thing.FSM.playerStarOffFinal, 70, thing);

            thing.FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onPlayerStarOffCycle", thing);
        }

        /**
         * Trigger to finish reducing a Player's star power. This actually reduces
         * a Player's star attribute, cancels the sprite cycle, adds the previous 
         * classes back, and fires the mod event.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player losing star powers.
         */
        playerStarOffFinal(thing: IPlayer): void {
            if (!thing.player) {
                return;
            }

            thing.star -= 1;
            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.cancelClassCycle(thing, "star");
            thing.FSM.removeClasses(thing, "star star1 star2 star3 star4");
            thing.FSM.addClass(thing, "normal");

            if (thing.power === 3) {
                thing.FSM.addClass(thing, "fiery");
            }

            thing.FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onPlayerStarOffFinal", thing);
        }

        /**
         * Sizing modifier for a Player, typically called when entering a location
         * or colliding with a Mushroom. This sets a Player's size to the large 
         * mode and optionally plays the animation. The mod event is then fired.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player increasing in size.
         * @param noAnimation   Whether to skip the animation (by default,
         *                      false).
         */
        playerGetsBig(thing: IPlayer, noAnimation?: boolean): void {
            thing.FSM.setPlayerSizeLarge(thing);
            thing.FSM.removeClasses(thing, "crouching small");
            thing.FSM.updateBottom(thing, 0);
            thing.FSM.updateSize(thing);

            if (noAnimation) {
                thing.FSM.addClass(thing, "large");
            } else {
                thing.FSM.playerGetsBigAnimation(thing);
            }

            thing.FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onPlayerGetsBig", thing);
        }

        /**
         * Animation scheduler for a Player getting big. The shrooming classes are
         * cycled through rapidly while a Player's velocity is paused.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player increasing in size.
         */
        playerGetsBigAnimation(thing: IPlayer): void {
            var stages: (string | TimeHandlr.IClassCalculator)[] = [
                "shrooming1", "shrooming2",
                "shrooming1", "shrooming2",
                "shrooming3", "shrooming2", "shrooming3"
            ];

            thing.FSM.addClass(thing, "shrooming");
            thing.FSM.animateCharacterPauseVelocity(thing);

            // The last stage in the events clears it, resets movement, and stops
            stages.push(function (thing: IPlayer): boolean {
                thing.shrooming = false;
                stages.length = 0;

                thing.FSM.addClass(thing, "large");
                thing.FSM.removeClasses(thing, "shrooming shrooming3");
                thing.FSM.animateCharacterResumeVelocity(thing);

                return true;
            });

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addClassCycle(thing, stages, "shrooming", 6);
        }

        /**
         * Sizing modifier for a Player, typically called when going down to 
         * normal size after being large. This containst eha nimation scheduling
         * to cycle through paddling classes, then flickers a Player. The mod 
         * event is fired.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player decreasing in size.
         */
        playerGetsSmall(thing: IPlayer): void {
            var bottom: number = thing.bottom;

            thing.FSM.animateCharacterPauseVelocity(thing);

            // Step one
            thing.nocollidechar = true;
            thing.FSM.animateFlicker(thing);
            thing.FSM.removeClasses(
                thing, "running skidding jumping fiery"
            );
            thing.FSM.addClasses(thing, "paddling small");

            // Step two (t+21)
            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                function (thing: IPlayer): void {
                    thing.FSM.removeClass(thing, "large");
                    thing.FSM.setPlayerSizeSmall(thing);
                    thing.FSM.setBottom(
                        thing, bottom - FullScreenMario.unitsize
                    );
                },
                21,
                thing);

            // Step three (t+42)
            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                function (thing: IPlayer): void {
                    thing.FSM.animateCharacterResumeVelocity(thing, false);
                    thing.FSM.removeClass(thing, "paddling");
                    if (thing.running || thing.xvel) {
                        thing.FSM.addClass(thing, "running");
                    }
                    thing.FSM.PixelDrawer.setThingSprite(thing);
                },
                42,
                thing);

            // Step four (t+70)
            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                function (thing: IPlayer): void {
                    thing.nocollidechar = false;
                },
                70,
                thing);

            thing.FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onPlayerGetsSmall");
        }

        /**
         * Visual changer for when a Player collides with a FireFlower. The 
         * "fiery" class is added, and the mod event is fired.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player gaining fire powers.
         */
        playerGetsFire(thing: IPlayer): void {
            thing.shrooming = false;

            if (!thing.star) {
                thing.FSM.addClass(thing, "fiery");
            }

            thing.FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onPlayerGetsFire");
        }

        /**
         * Actually sets the size for a player to small (8x8) via setSize and 
         * updateSize.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player decreasing in size.
         */
        setPlayerSizeSmall(thing: IPlayer): void {
            thing.FSM.setSize(thing, 8, 8, true);
            thing.FSM.updateSize(thing);
        }

        /**
         * Actually sets the size for a player to large (8x16) via setSize and 
         * updateSize.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player increasing in size.
         */
        setPlayerSizeLarge(thing: IPlayer): void {
            thing.FSM.setSize(thing, 8, 16, true);
            thing.FSM.updateSize(thing);
        }

        /**
         * Removes the crouching flag from a Player and re-adds the running cycle. 
         * If a Player is large (has power > 1), size and classes must be set.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player that is no longer crouching.
         */
        animatePlayerRemoveCrouch(thing: IPlayer): void {
            thing.crouching = false;
            thing.toly = thing.tolyOld || 0;

            if (thing.power !== 1) {
                thing.FSM.setHeight(thing, 16, true, true);
                thing.FSM.removeClasses(thing, "crouching");
                thing.FSM.updateBottom(thing, 0);
                thing.FSM.updateSize(thing);
            }

            thing.FSM.animatePlayerRunningCycle(thing);
        }

        /**
         * Officially unattaches a player from a solid. The thing's physics flags
         * are reset to normal, the two have their attachment flags set, and the 
         * thing is set to be jumping off.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player attached to other.
         * @param other   A Solid thing is attached to.
         */
        unattachPlayer(thing: IPlayer, other: ISolid): void {
            thing.nofall = false;
            thing.nocollide = false;
            thing.checkOverlaps = true;
            thing.attachedSolid = undefined;
            thing.xvel = thing.keys ? thing.keys.run : 0;
            thing.movement = thing.FSM.movePlayer;

            thing.FSM.addClass(thing, "jumping");
            thing.FSM.removeClasses(thing, "climbing", "animated");

            other.attachedCharacter = undefined;
        }

        /**
         * Adds an invisible RestingStone underneath a Player. It is hidden and
         * unable to collide until a Player falls to its level, at which point the
         * stone is set underneath a Player to be rested upon.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player respawning into the game.
         */
        playerAddRestingStone(thing: IPlayer): void {
            var stone: IRestingStone = <IRestingStone>thing.FSM.addThing(
                "RestingStone",
                thing.left,
                thing.top + thing.FSM.unitsize * 48);

            thing.nocollide = true;

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                function (): boolean {
                    if (thing.bottom < stone.top) {
                        return false;
                    }

                    thing.nocollide = false;
                    thing.FSM.setMidXObj(stone, thing);
                    thing.FSM.setBottom(thing, stone.top);
                    return true;
                },
                1,
                Infinity);
        }

        /**
         * Marks a new overlapping Thing in the first Thing's overlaps Array, 
         * creating the Array if needed.
         * 
         * @param thing   The Thing that is overlapping another Thing.
         * @param other   The Thing being added to the overlaps Array.
         */
        markOverlap(thing: ICharacterOverlapping, other: ISolid): void {
            if (!thing.overlaps) {
                thing.overlaps = [other];
            } else {
                thing.overlaps.push(other);
            }
        }


        /* Spawn / activate functions
        */

        /**
         * Spawn callback for DeadGoombas. They simply disappear after 21 steps.
         * 
         * @param thing   A DeadGoomba being spawned.
         */
        spawnDeadGoomba(thing: IThing): void {
            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(FullScreenMario.prototype.killNormal, 21, thing);
        }

        /**
         * Spawn callback for HammerBros. Gravity is reduced, and the hammer and
         * jump event intervals are started. The cyclical movement counter is set to
         * 0.
         * 
         * @param thing   A HammerBro being spawned.
         */
        spawnHammerBro(thing: IHammerBro): void {
            thing.counter = 0;

            thing.gravity = thing.FSM.MapScreener.gravity / 2.1;

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(thing.FSM.animateThrowingHammer, 35, thing, 7);
            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(thing.FSM.animateJump, 140, Infinity, thing);
        }

        /** 
         * Spawn callback for Bowsers. The cyclical movement counter is set to 0 and
         * the firing and jumping event intervals are started. If it also specifies 
         * a throwing interval, that's started too.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Bowser being spawned.
         */
        spawnBowser(thing: IBowser): void {
            var i: number;

            thing.counter = 0;
            thing.deathcount = 0;

            for (i = 0; i < thing.fireTimes.length; i += 1) {
                thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                    thing.FSM.animateBowserFire,
                    thing.fireTimes[i],
                    Infinity,
                    thing);
            }

            for (i = 0; i < thing.jumpTimes.length; i += 1) {
                thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                    thing.FSM.animateBowserJump,
                    thing.jumpTimes[i],
                    Infinity,
                    thing);
            }

            if (thing.throwing) {
                for (i = 0; i < thing.throwAmount; i += 1) {
                    thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                        function (): void {
                            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                                thing.FSM.animateBowserThrow,
                                thing.throwPeriod,
                                Infinity,
                                thing);
                        },
                        thing.throwDelay + i * thing.throwBetween);
                }
            }
        }

        /**
         * Spawn callback for Piranhas. The movement counter and direction are
         * reset, and if the Piranha is on a pipe, it has a reduced height (6).
         * 
         * @param thing   A Piranha being spawned.
         */
        spawnPiranha(thing: IPiranha): void {
            var bottom: number;

            thing.counter = 0;
            thing.direction = thing.FSM.unitsize / -40;

            if (thing.onPipe) {
                bottom = thing.bottom;
                thing.FSM.setHeight(thing, 6);
                thing.FSM.setBottom(thing, bottom);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Spawn callback for Bloopers. Its squeeze and movement counters are 
         * set to 0.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Blooper being spawned.
         */
        spawnBlooper(thing: IBlooper): void {
            thing.squeeze = 0;
            thing.counter = 0;
        }

        /**
         * Spawn callback for Podoboos. The jumping interval is set to the Thing's
         * frequency.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Podoboo being spawned.
         */
        spawnPodoboo(thing: IPodoboo): void {
            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                thing.FSM.animatePodobooJumpUp,
                thing.frequency,
                Infinity,
                thing);
        }

        /**
         * Spawn callback for Lakitus. MapScreenr registers the most recently
         * added Lakitu as some areas spawn them every once in a while.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Lakitu being spawned.
         */
        spawnLakitu(thing: ILakitu): void {
            thing.FSM.MapScreener.lakitu = thing;

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                thing.FSM.animateLakituThrowingSpiny, 140, Infinity, thing);
        }

        /**
         * Spawning callback for Cannons. Unless specified by the noBullets flag,
         * the firing interval is set to the Thing's frequency.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Cannon being spawned.
         */
        spawnCannon(thing: ICannon): void {
            if (thing.noBullets) {
                return;
            }

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                thing.FSM.animateCannonFiring,
                thing.frequency,
                thing.frequency,
                thing);
        }

        /**
         * Spawning callback for CastleBlocks. If the Thing has fireballs, an Array
         * of them are made and animated to tick around the block like a clock, set
         * by the thing's speed and direction.
         * 
         * @param thing   A CastleBlock being spawned.
         */
        spawnCastleBlock(thing: ICastleBlock): void {
            if (!thing.fireballs) {
                return;
            }

            var balls: ICastleFireball[] = [],
                i: number;

            for (i = 0; i < thing.fireballs; i += 1) {
                balls.push(<ICastleFireball>thing.FSM.addThing("CastleFireball"));
                thing.FSM.setMidObj(balls[i], thing);
            }

            if (thing.speed >= 0) {
                thing.dt = 0.07;
                thing.angle = 0.25;
            } else {
                thing.dt = -0.07;
                thing.angle = -0.25;
            }

            if (!thing.direction) {
                thing.direction = -1;
            }

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                thing.FSM.animateCastleBlock,
                Math.round(7 / Math.abs(thing.speed)),
                Infinity,
                thing,
                balls);
        }

        /**
         * Spawning callback for floating Things, such as Koopas and Platforms. The
         * Thing's begin and end attributes are set relative to the MapScreener's
         * floor, so its movement can handle cycling between the two.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Thing being spawned to float around.
         */
        spawnMoveFloating(thing: IThingFloating): void {
            // Make sure thing.begin <= thing.end
            thing.FSM.setMovementEndpoints(thing);

            // Make thing.begin and thing.end relative to the area's floor
            thing.begin = thing.FSM.MapScreener.floor * thing.FSM.unitsize - thing.begin;
            thing.end = thing.FSM.MapScreener.floor * thing.FSM.unitsize - thing.end;
        }

        /**
         * Spawning callback for sliding Things, such as Platforms. The Thing's 
         * begin and end attributes do not need to be relative to anything.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Thing being spawned to slide back and forth.
         */
        spawnMoveSliding(thing: IThingSliding): void {
            // Make sure thing.begin <= thing.end
            thing.FSM.setMovementEndpoints(thing);
        }

        /**
         * Spawning callback for a Platform that's a part of a Scale.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Platform being spawned within a Scale group.
         */
        spawnScalePlatform(thing: IPlatform): void {
            var collection: any = thing.collection || {},
                ownKey: string = thing.collectionKey === "platformLeft" ? "Left" : "Right",
                partnerKey: string = ownKey === "Left" ? "Right" : "Left";

            thing.partners = {
                "ownString": collection["string" + ownKey],
                "partnerString": collection["string" + partnerKey],
                "partnerPlatform": collection["platform" + partnerKey]
            };
        }

        /**
         * Generator callback to create a random CheepCheep. The spawn is given a
         * random x-velocity, is placed at a random point just below the screen, and
         * is oriented towards a Player.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @returns Whether CheepCheep spawning has been cancelled.
         */
        spawnRandomCheep(FSM: FullScreenMario): boolean {
            if (!FSM.MapScreener.spawningCheeps) {
                return true;
            }

            var spawn: ICheepCheep = FSM.ObjectMaker.make("CheepCheep", {
                "flying": true,
                "xvel": FSM.NumberMaker.random() * FSM.unitsize * 1.4,
                "yvel": FSM.unitsize * -1.4
            });

            FSM.addThing(spawn, FSM.NumberMaker.random() * FSM.MapScreener.width, FSM.MapScreener.height);

            if (spawn.left < FSM.MapScreener.width / 2) {
                FSM.flipHoriz(spawn);
            } else {
                spawn.xvel *= -1;
            }

            return false;
        }

        /**
         * Generator callback to create a BulleBill. The spawn moves horizontally
         * at a constant rate towards the left side of the bill, and is placed at a
         * random point to the right side of the screen.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @returns Whether BulletBill spawning has been cancelled.
         */
        spawnRandomBulletBill(FSM: FullScreenMario): boolean {
            if (!FSM.MapScreener.spawningBulletBills) {
                return true;
            }

            var spawn: IBulletBill = FSM.ObjectMaker.make("BulletBill");
            spawn.direction = 1;
            spawn.moveleft = true;
            spawn.xvel *= -1;
            FSM.flipHoriz(spawn);

            FSM.addThing(
                spawn,
                FSM.MapScreener.width,
                Math.floor(
                    FSM.NumberMaker.randomIntWithin(0, FSM.MapScreener.floor) / 8
                ) * 8 * FSM.unitsize);

            return false;
        }

        /**
         * Spawns a CustomText by killing it and placing the contents of its texts
         * member variable. These are written with a determined amount of spacing
         * between them, as if by a typewriter.
         * 
         * @param thing   A CustomText being spawned.
         */
        spawnCustomText(thing: ICustomText): void {
            var top: number = thing.top,
                texts: ICustomTextInfo[] = thing.texts,
                attributes: any = thing.textAttributes,
                spacingHorizontal: number = thing.spacingHorizontal * thing.FSM.unitsize,
                spacingVertical: number = thing.spacingVertical * thing.FSM.unitsize,
                spacingVerticalBlank: number = thing.spacingVerticalBlank * thing.FSM.unitsize,
                children: IText[] = [],
                textChild: IText,
                left: number,
                text: string,
                letter: string,
                i: number,
                j: number;

            thing.children = children;

            for (i = 0; i < texts.length; i += 1) {
                if (!texts[i]) {
                    top += spacingVerticalBlank;
                    continue;
                }

                text = texts[i].text;

                if (texts[i].offset) {
                    left = thing.left + texts[i].offset * thing.FSM.unitsize;
                } else {
                    left = thing.left;
                }

                for (j = 0; j < text.length; j += 1) {
                    letter = text[j];

                    if (thing.FSM.customTextMappings.hasOwnProperty(letter)) {
                        letter = thing.FSM.customTextMappings[letter];
                    }
                    letter = "Text" + thing.size + letter;

                    textChild = thing.FSM.ObjectMaker.make(letter, attributes);
                    textChild.FSM.addThing(textChild, left, top);
                    children.push(textChild);

                    left += textChild.width * thing.FSM.unitsize;
                    left += spacingHorizontal;
                }
                top += spacingVertical;
            }

            thing.FSM.killNormal(thing);
        }

        /**
         * Spawning callback for generic detectors, activated as soon as they are 
         * placed. The Thing's activate trigger is called, then it is killed.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Detector being spawned.
         */
        spawnDetector(thing: IDetector): void {
            thing.activate(thing);
            thing.FSM.killNormal(thing);
        }

        /**
         * Spawning callback for ScrollBlockers. If the Thing is to the right of 
         * the visible viewframe, it should limit scrolling when triggered.
         * 
         * @param thing   A ScrollBlocker being spawned.
         */
        spawnScrollBlocker(thing: IScrollBlocker): void {
            if (thing.FSM.MapScreener.width < thing.right) {
                thing.setEdge = true;
            }
        }

        /** 
         * Used by Things in a collection to register themselves as a part of their
         * container collection Object. This is called by onThingMake, so they're 
         * immediately put in the collection and have it as a member variable.
         * 
         * @param collection   The collection Object shared by all members.
         * @param thing   A member of the collection being spawned.
         */
        spawnCollectionComponent(collection: any, thing: IThing): void {
            thing.collection = collection;
            collection[thing.collectionName] = thing;
        }

        /**
         * Spawning callback for RandomSpawner Things, which generate a set of 
         * commands using the WorldSeeder to be piped into the AreaSpawnr, then 
         * spawn the immediate area.
         * 
         * @param thing   A RandomSpawner being spawned.
         */
        spawnRandomSpawner(thing: IRandomSpawner): void {
            var FSM: IFullScreenMario = thing.FSM,
                left: number = (thing.left + FSM.MapScreener.left) / FSM.unitsize;

            FSM.WorldSeeder.clearGeneratedCommands();
            FSM.WorldSeeder.generateFull({
                "title": thing.randomization,
                "top": thing.randomTop,
                "right": left + thing.randomWidth,
                "bottom": thing.randomBottom,
                "left": left,
                "width": thing.randomWidth,
                "height": thing.randomTop - thing.randomBottom
            });
            FSM.WorldSeeder.runGeneratedCommands();

            FSM.AreaSpawner.spawnArea(
                "xInc",
                FSM.QuadsKeeper.top / FSM.unitsize,
                FSM.QuadsKeeper.right / FSM.unitsize,
                FSM.QuadsKeeper.bottom / FSM.unitsize,
                FSM.QuadsKeeper.left / FSM.unitsize);
        }

        /**
         * Activation callback for starting spawnRandomCheep on an interval.
         * MapScreener is notified that spawningCheeps is true.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Detector activated to start spawning CheepCheeps.
         */
        activateCheepsStart(thing: IDetector): void {
            thing.FSM.MapScreener.spawningCheeps = true;
            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(thing.FSM.spawnRandomCheep, 21, Infinity, thing.FSM);
        }

        /**
         * Activation callback to stop spawning CheepCheeps. MapScreener is notified
         * that spawningCheeps is false.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Detector activated to stop spawning CheepCheeps.
         */
        activateCheepsStop(thing: IDetector): void {
            thing.FSM.MapScreener.spawningCheeps = false;
        }

        /**
         * Activation callback for starting spawnRandomBulletBill on an interval.
         * MapScreener is notified that spawningBulletBills is true.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Detector activated to start spawning BulletBills.
         */
        activateBulletBillsStart(thing: IDetector): void {
            thing.FSM.MapScreener.spawningBulletBills = true;
            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(thing.FSM.spawnRandomBulletBill, 210, Infinity, thing.FSM);
        }

        /**
         * Activation callback to stop spawning BulletBills. MapScreener is notified
         * that spawningBulletBills is false.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Detector activated to stop spawning BulletBills.
         */
        activateBulletBillsStop(thing: IDetector): void {
            thing.FSM.MapScreener.spawningBulletBills = false;
        }

        /**
         * Activation callback to tell the area's Lakitu, if it exists, to start 
         * fleeing the scene.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Detector activated to make the Lakitu flee.
         */
        activateLakituStop(thing: IDetector): void {
            var lakitu: ILakitu = thing.FSM.MapScreener.lakitu;

            if (!lakitu) {
                return;
            }

            lakitu.fleeing = true;
            lakitu.movement = thing.FSM.moveLakituFleeing;
        }

        /**
         * Activation callback for a warp world area, triggered by a Player 
         * touching a collider on top of it. Piranhas disappear and texts are
         * revealed.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player activating the warp world.
         * @param other   A Detector triggered by thing to activate a warp world.
         */
        activateWarpWorld(thing: ICharacter, other: IDetectCollision): void {
            var collection: any = other.collection,
                key: number = 0,
                keyString: string,
                texts: IThing[],
                j: number;

            if (!thing.player) {
                return;
            }

            texts = collection.Welcomer.children;
            for (j = 0; j < texts.length; j += 1) {
                if (texts[j].title !== "TextSpace") {
                    texts[j].hidden = false;
                }
            }

            while (true) {
                keyString = key + "-Text";
                if (!collection.hasOwnProperty(keyString)) {
                    break;
                }

                texts = collection[keyString].children;
                for (j = 0; j < texts.length; j += 1) {
                    if (texts[j].title !== "TextSpace") {
                        texts[j].hidden = false;
                    }
                }

                thing.FSM.killNormal(collection[key + "-Piranha"]);

                key += 1;
            }
        }

        /**
         * Activation callback for when a Player lands on a RestingStone. The 
         * stone "appears" (via opacity), the regular theme plays if it wasn't 
         * already, and the RestingStone waits to kill itself when a Player isn't
         * touching it.
         * 
         * @param thing   A RestingStone being landed on.
         * @param other   A Player landing on thing.
         */
        activateRestingStone(thing: IRestingStone, other: IPlayer): void {
            if (thing.activated) {
                return;
            }

            thing.activated = true;
            thing.opacity = 1;
            thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.playTheme();

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                function (): boolean {
                    if (other.resting === thing) {
                        return false;
                    }

                    thing.FSM.killNormal(thing);
                    return true;
                },
                1,
                Infinity);
        }

        /**
         * Generic activation callback for DetectWindow Things. This is typically 
         * set as a .movement Function, so it waits until the calling Thing is 
         * within the MapScreener's area to call the activate Function and kill 
         * itself.
         * 
         * @param thing   A DetectWindow that might be activated.
         */
        activateWindowDetector(thing: IDetectWindow): void {
            if (thing.FSM.MapScreener.right - thing.FSM.MapScreener.left < thing.left) {
                return;
            }

            thing.activate(thing);
            thing.FSM.killNormal(thing);
        }

        /**
         * Activation callback for ScrollBlocker Things. These are WindowDetectors
         * that set MapScreener.canscroll to false when they're triggered. If the
         * latest scrollWindow call pushed it too far to the left, it scrolls back
         * the other way.
         * 
         * @param thing   A ScrollBlocker that might be activated.
         */
        activateScrollBlocker(thing: IScrollBlocker): void {
            var dx: number = thing.FSM.MapScreener.width - thing.left;

            thing.FSM.MapScreener.canscroll = false;
            if (thing.setEdge && dx > 0) {
                thing.FSM.scrollWindow(-dx);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Activation callback for ScrollBlocker Things. These are DetectCollision
         * that set MapScreener.canscroll to true when they're triggered. 
         * 
         * @param thing   An activated ScrollEnabler.
         */
        activateScrollEnabler(thing: IDetectCollision): void {
            thing.FSM.MapScreener.canscroll = true;
        }

        /**
         * Activates the "before" component of a stretchable section. The creation
         * commands of the section are loaded onto the screen as is and a 
         * DetectWindow is added to their immediate right that will trigger the 
         * equivalent activateSectionStretch.
         * 
         * @param thing   An activated SectionDecider.
         */
        activateSectionBefore(thing: ISectionDetector): void {
            var FSM: IFullScreenMario = thing.FSM,
                MapsCreator: MapsCreatr.IMapsCreatr = FSM.MapsCreator,
                MapScreener: MapScreenr.MapScreenr = FSM.MapScreener,
                AreaSpawner: AreaSpawnr.IAreaSpawnr = FSM.AreaSpawner,
                area: IArea = <IArea>AreaSpawner.getArea(),
                map: MapsCreatr.IMapsCreatrMap = AreaSpawner.getMap(),
                prethings: MapsCreatr.IPreThingsContainers = AreaSpawner.getPreThings(),
                section: any = area.sections[thing.section || 0],
                left: number = (thing.left + MapScreener.left) / FSM.unitsize,
                before: any[] = section.before ? section.before.creation : undefined,
                command: any,
                i: number;

            // If there is a before, parse each command into the prethings array
            if (before) {
                for (i = 0; i < before.length; i += 1) {
                    // A copy of the command must be used to not modify the original 
                    command = FSM.proliferate({}, before[i]);

                    // The command's x must be shifted by the thing's placement
                    if (!command.x) {
                        command.x = left;
                    } else {
                        command.x += left;
                    }

                    // For Platforms that slide around, start and end are dynamic
                    if (command.sliding) {
                        command.begin += left;
                        command.end += left;
                    }

                    MapsCreator.analyzePreSwitch(command, prethings, area, map);
                }
            }

            // Add a prething at the end of all this to trigger the stretch part
            command = {
                "thing": "DetectWindow",
                "x": left + (before ? section.before.width : 0), "y": 0,
                "activate": FSM.activateSectionStretch,
                "section": thing.section || 0
            };

            MapsCreator.analyzePreSwitch(command, prethings, area, map);

            // Spawn new Things that should be placed for being nearby
            AreaSpawner.spawnArea(
                "xInc",
                MapScreener.top / FSM.unitsize,
                (MapScreener.left + FSM.QuadsKeeper.right) / FSM.unitsize,
                MapScreener.bottom / FSM.unitsize,
                left);
        }

        /**
         * Activates the "stretch" component of a stretchable section. The creation
         * commands of the section are loaded onto the screen and have their widths
         * set to take up the entire width of the screen. A DetectWindow is added
         * to their immediate right that will trigger the equivalent
         * activateSectionAfter.
         * 
         * @param thing   An activated SectionDetector.
         */
        activateSectionStretch(thing: ISectionDetector): void {
            var FSM: IFullScreenMario = thing.FSM,
                MapsCreator: MapsCreatr.IMapsCreatr = FSM.MapsCreator,
                MapScreener: MapScreenr.MapScreenr = FSM.MapScreener,
                AreaSpawner: AreaSpawnr.IAreaSpawnr = FSM.AreaSpawner,
                area: IArea = <IArea>AreaSpawner.getArea(),
                map: MapsCreatr.IMapsCreatrMap = AreaSpawner.getMap(),
                prethings: MapsCreatr.IPreThingsContainers = AreaSpawner.getPreThings(),
                section: any = area.sections[thing.section || 0],
                stretch: any[] = section.stretch ? section.stretch.creation : undefined,
                left: number = (thing.left + MapScreener.left) / FSM.unitsize,
                width: number = MapScreener.width / FSM.unitsize,
                command: MapsCreatr.IPreThingSettings,
                i: number;

            // If there is a stretch, parse each command into the current prethings array
            if (stretch) {
                for (i = 0; i < stretch.length; i += 1) {
                    // A copy of the command must be used, so the original isn't modified
                    command = FSM.proliferate({}, stretch[i]);
                    command.x = left;

                    // "stretch" the command by making its width equal to the screen
                    command.width = width;
                    MapsCreator.analyzePreSwitch(command, prethings, area, map);
                }

                // Add a prething at the end of all this to trigger the after part
                command = {
                    "thing": "DetectWindow",
                    "x": left + width,
                    "y": 0,
                    "activate": FSM.activateSectionAfter,
                    "section": thing.section || 0
                };
                MapsCreator.analyzePreSwitch(command, prethings, area, map);
            }

            // Spawn the map, so new Things that should be placed will be spawned if nearby
            AreaSpawner.spawnArea(
                "xInc",
                MapScreener.top / FSM.unitsize,
                left + (MapScreener.width / FSM.unitsize),
                MapScreener.bottom / FSM.unitsize,
                left);
        }

        /**
         * Activates the "after" component of a stretchable sectin. The creation
         * commands of the stretch are loaded onto the screen as is.
         * 
         * @param thing   An activated SectioNDetector.
         */
        activateSectionAfter(thing: ISectionDetector): void {
            // Since the section was passed, do the rest of things normally
            var FSM: IFullScreenMario = thing.FSM,
                MapsCreator: MapsCreatr.IMapsCreatr = FSM.MapsCreator,
                MapScreener: MapScreenr.MapScreenr = FSM.MapScreener,
                AreaSpawner: AreaSpawnr.IAreaSpawnr = FSM.AreaSpawner,
                area: IArea = <IArea>AreaSpawner.getArea(),
                map: MapsCreatr.IMapsCreatrMap = AreaSpawner.getMap(),
                prethings: MapsCreatr.IPreThingsContainers = AreaSpawner.getPreThings(),
                section: any = area.sections[thing.section || 0],
                left: number = (thing.left + MapScreener.left) / FSM.unitsize,
                after: any[] = section.after ? section.after.creation : undefined,
                command: any,
                i: number;

            // If there is an after, parse each command into the current prethings array
            if (after) {
                for (i = 0; i < after.length; i += 1) {
                    // A copy of the command must be used, so the original isn't modified
                    command = FSM.proliferate({}, after[i]);

                    // The command's x-location must be shifted by the thing's placement
                    if (!command.x) {
                        command.x = left;
                    } else {
                        command.x += left;
                    }

                    // For Platforms that slide around, start and end are dynamic
                    if (command.sliding) {
                        command.begin += left;
                        command.end += left;
                    }

                    MapsCreator.analyzePreSwitch(command, prethings, area, map);
                }
            }

            // Spawn the map, so new Things that should be placed will be spawned if nearby
            AreaSpawner.spawnArea(
                "xInc",
                MapScreener.top / FSM.unitsize,
                left + (MapScreener.right / FSM.unitsize),
                MapScreener.bottom / FSM.unitsize,
                left);
        }


        /* Collision functions
        */

        /**
         * Function generator for the generic hitCharacterSolid callback. This is 
         * used repeatedly by ThingHittr to generate separately optimized Functions
         * for different Thing types.
         * 
         * @returns A Function that generates hitCharacterSolid.
         */
        generateHitCharacterSolid(): (thing: ICharacter, other: ISolid) => void {
            /**
             * Generic callback for when a character touches a solid. Solids that 
             * "up" kill anything that didn't cause the up, but otherwise this will
             * normally involve the solid's collide callback being called and
             * under/undermid checks activating.
             * 
             * @param thing
             * @param other
             * @returns Whether thing is hitting other.
             */
            return function hitCharacterSolid(thing: ICharacter, other: ISolid): void {
                // "Up" solids are special (they kill things that aren't their .up)
                if (other.up && thing !== other.up) {
                    return thing.FSM.collideCharacterSolidUp(thing, other);
                }

                other.collide(thing, other);

                // If a character is bumping into the bottom, call that
                if (thing.undermid) {
                    if (thing.undermid.bottomBump) {
                        thing.undermid.bottomBump(thing.undermid, thing);
                    }
                } else if (thing.under && thing.under && (<any>thing.under).bottomBump) {
                    (<any>thing.under).bottomBump(thing.under[0], thing);
                }

                // If the character is overlapping the solid, call that too
                if (
                    thing.checkOverlaps
                    && thing.FSM.isCharacterOverlappingSolid(thing, other)) {
                    thing.FSM.markOverlap(<ICharacterOverlapping>thing, other);
                }
            };
        }

        /**
         * Function generator for the generic hitCharacterCharacter callback. This
         * is used repeatedly by ThingHittr to generate separately optimized 
         * Functions for different Thing types.
         * 
         * @returns A Function that generates hitCharacterCharacter.
         */
        generateHitCharacterCharacter(): (thing: ICharacter, other: ICharacter) => void {
            /**
             * Generic callback for when a character touches another character. The
             * first Thing's collide callback is called unless it's a player, in 
             * which the other Thing's is.
             *  
             * @param thing
             * @param other
             * @returns Whether thing is hitting other.
             */
            return function hitCharacterCharacter(thing: ICharacter, other: ICharacter): void {
                // a Player calls the other's collide function, such as playerStar
                if (thing.player) {
                    if (other.collide) {
                        return other.collide(thing, other);
                    }
                } else if (thing.collide) {
                    // Otherwise just use thing's collide function
                    thing.collide(other, thing);
                }
            };
        }

        /**
         * Collision callback used by most Items. The item's action callback will
         * be called only if the first Thing is a player.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Character touching other.
         * @param other   An Item being touched by thing.
         */
        collideFriendly(thing: ICharacter, other: IItem): void {
            if (!thing.player || !thing.FSM.isThingAlive(other)) {
                return;
            }

            if (other.action) {
                other.action(<IPlayer>thing, other);
            }

            other.death(other);
        }

        /**
         * General callback for when a character touches a solid. This mostly 
         * determines if the character is on top (it should rest on the solid), to
         * the side (it should shouldn't overlap), or undernearth (it also shouldn't
         * overlap).
         * 
         * @param thing   A Character touching other.
         * @param other   A Solid being touched by thing.
         */
        collideCharacterSolid(thing: ICharacter, other: ISolid): void {
            if (other.up === thing) {
                return;
            }

            // Character on top of solid
            if (thing.FSM.isCharacterOnSolid(thing, other)) {
                if (other.hidden && !other.collideHidden) {
                    return;
                }

                if (thing.resting !== other) {
                    thing.resting = other;
                    if (thing.onResting) {
                        thing.onResting(thing, other);
                    }
                    if (other.onRestedUpon) {
                        other.onRestedUpon(other, thing);
                    }
                }
            } else if (thing.FSM.isSolidOnCharacter(other, thing)) {
                // Solid on top of character
                var midx: number = thing.FSM.getMidX(thing);

                if (midx > other.left && midx < other.right) {
                    thing.undermid = other;
                } else if (other.hidden && !other.collideHidden) {
                    return;
                }

                if (!thing.under) {
                    thing.under = [other];
                } else {
                    thing.under.push(other);
                }

                if (thing.player) {
                    (<IPlayer>thing).keys.jump = false;
                    thing.FSM.setTop(thing, other.bottom - thing.toly + other.yvel);
                }

                thing.yvel = other.yvel;
            }

            if (other.hidden && !other.collideHidden) {
                return;
            }

            // Character bumping into the side of the solid
            if (
                thing.resting !== other
                && !thing.FSM.isCharacterBumpingSolid(thing, other)
                && !thing.FSM.isThingOnThing(thing, other)
                && !thing.FSM.isThingOnThing(other, thing)
                && !thing.under
            ) {
                // Character to the left of the solid
                if (thing.right <= other.right) {
                    thing.xvel = Math.min(thing.xvel, 0);
                    thing.FSM.shiftHoriz(
                        thing,
                        Math.max(
                            other.left + thing.FSM.unitsize - thing.right,
                            thing.FSM.unitsize / -2
                        )
                    );
                } else {
                    // Character to the right of the solid
                    thing.xvel = Math.max(thing.xvel, 0);
                    thing.FSM.shiftHoriz(
                        thing,
                        Math.min(
                            other.right - thing.FSM.unitsize - thing.left,
                            thing.FSM.unitsize / 2
                        )
                    );
                }

                // Non-players flip horizontally
                if (!thing.player) {
                    if (!thing.noflip) {
                        thing.moveleft = !thing.moveleft;
                    }
                    // Some items require fancy versions (e.g. Shell)
                    if ((<IItem>thing).item) {
                        thing.collide(other, thing);
                    }
                } else if (other.actionLeft) {
                    // Players trigger other actions (e.g. Pipe's mapExitPipeHorizontal)
                    thing.FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onPlayerActionLeft", thing, other);
                    other.actionLeft(thing, other, other.transport);
                }
            }
        }

        /**
         * Collision callback for a character hitting an "up" solid. If it has an
         * onCollideUp callback, that is called; otherwise, it is killed.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Character touching other.
         * @param other   A Solid being touched by thing.
         */
        collideCharacterSolidUp(thing: ICharacter, other: ISolid): void {
            if (thing.onCollideUp) {
                thing.onCollideUp(thing, other);
            } else {
                thing.FSM.scoreOn(thing.scoreBelow, thing);
                thing.death(thing, 2);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Collision callback for an item hitting an "up" solid. Items just hop
         * and switch direction.
         * 
         * @param thing   An Item touching other.
         * @param other   A Solid being touched by thing.
         */
        collideUpItem(thing: IItem, other: ISolid): void {
            thing.FSM.animateCharacterHop(thing);
            thing.moveleft = thing.FSM.objectToLeft(thing, other);
        }

        /**
         * Collision callback for a floating coin being hit by an "up" solid. It is
         * animated, as if it were hit as the contents of a solid.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Coin being touched by other.
         * @param other   A Solid touching thing.
         */
        collideUpCoin(thing: ICoin, other: ISolid): void {
            thing.blockparent = other;
            thing.animate(thing, other);
        }

        /**
         * Collision callback for a player hitting a regular Coin. The Coin
         * disappears but points and Coin totals are both increased, along with
         * the "Coin" sound being played.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player touching other.
         * @param other   A Coin being touched by thing.
         */
        collideCoin(thing: IPlayer, other: ICoin): void {
            if (!thing.player) {
                return;
            }

            thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Coin");
            thing.FSM.ItemsHolder.increase("score", 200);
            thing.FSM.ItemsHolder.increase("coins", 1);
            thing.FSM.killNormal(other);
        }

        /**
         * Collision callback for a player hitting a Star. The Star is killed, and
         * a PlayerStarUp trigger is called on the Thing.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player touching other.
         * @param other   A Star being touched by thing.
         */
        collideStar(thing: IPlayer, other: IStar): void {
            if (!thing.player || thing.star) {
                return;
            }

            thing.FSM.playerStarUp(thing);
            thing.FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onCollideStar", thing, other);
        }

        /**
         * Collision callback for a character being hit by a fireball. It will
         * most likely be killed with an explosion unless it has the nofiredeath 
         * flag, in which case only the fireball dies.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Character being touched by other.
         * @param other   A Fireball touching thing.
         */
        collideFireball(thing: ICharacter, other: IFireball): void {
            if (!thing.FSM.isThingAlive(thing) || thing.height < thing.FSM.unitsize) {
                return;
            }

            if (thing.nofire) {
                if (thing.nofire > 1) {
                    other.death(other);
                }
                return;
            }

            if (thing.nofiredeath) {
                thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.playLocal(
                    "Bump", thing.FSM.getMidX(other));
                thing.death(thing);
            } else {
                thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.playLocal(
                    "Kick", thing.FSM.getMidX(other));
                thing.death(thing, 2);
                thing.FSM.scoreOn(thing.scoreFire, thing);
            }

            other.death(other);
        }

        /**
         * Collision callback for hitting a CastleFireball. The character is killed
         * unless it has the star flag, in which case the CastleFireball is.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Character being touched by other.
         * @param other   A CastleFireball touching thing.
         */
        collideCastleFireball(thing: ICharacter, other: ICastleFireball): void {
            if ((<any>thing).star) {
                other.death(other);
            } else {
                thing.death(thing);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Collision callback for when a character hits a Shell. This covers various
         * cases, such as deaths, side-to-side Shell collisions, player stomps, and
         * so on.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Character touching other.
         * @param other   A Shell being touched by thing.
         */
        collideShell(thing: ICharacter, other: IShell): void {
            // If only one is a shell, it should be other, not thing
            if (thing.shell) {
                if (other.shell) {
                    return thing.FSM.collideShellShell(<IShell>thing, other);
                }
                return thing.FSM.collideShell(thing, other);
            }

            // Hitting a solid (e.g. wall) 
            if (thing.groupType === "Solid") {
                return thing.FSM.collideShellSolid(<any>thing, other);
            }

            // Hitting a Player
            if (thing.player) {
                return thing.FSM.collideShellPlayer(<any>thing, <any>other);
            }

            // Assume anything else to be an enemy, which only moving shells kill
            if (other.xvel) {
                thing.FSM.killFlip(thing);
                if (thing.shellspawn) {
                    thing = <any>thing.FSM.killSpawn(thing);
                }

                thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Kick");
                thing.FSM.scoreOn(thing.FSM.findScore(other.enemyhitcount), thing);
                other.enemyhitcount += 1;
            } else {
                thing.moveleft = thing.FSM.objectToLeft(thing, other);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Collision callback for a solid being hit by a Shell. The Shell will 
         * bounce the opposition direction.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Solid being touched by other.
         * @param other   A Shell touching thing.
         */
        collideShellSolid(thing: ISolid, other: IShell): void {
            if (other.right < thing.right) {
                thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.playLocal("Bump", thing.left);
                thing.FSM.setRight(other, thing.left);
                other.xvel = -other.speed;
                other.moveleft = true;
            } else {
                thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.playLocal("Bump", thing.right);
                thing.FSM.setLeft(other, thing.right);
                other.xvel = other.speed;
                other.moveleft = false;
            }
        }

        /**
         * Collision callback for when a Player hits a Shell. This covers all the
         * possible scenarios, and is much larger than common sense dictates.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player touching other.
         * @param other   A Shell being touched by thing.
         */
        collideShellPlayer(thing: IPlayer, other: IShell): void {
            var shelltoleft: boolean = thing.FSM.objectToLeft(other, thing),
                playerjump: boolean = thing.yvel > 0 && (
                    thing.bottom <= other.top + thing.FSM.unitsize * 2);

            // Star players kill the shell no matter what
            if (thing.star) {
                thing.FSM.scorePlayerShell(thing, other);
                other.death(other, 2);
                return;
            }

            // If the shell is already being landed on by a Player, see if it's
            // still being pushed to the side, or has reversed direction (is deadly)
            if (other.landing) {
                // Equal shelltoleft measurements: it's still being pushed
                if (other.shelltoleft === shelltoleft) {
                    // Tepmorarily increase the landing count of the shell; if it is 
                    // just being started, that counts as the score hit
                    other.landing += 1;
                    if (other.landing === 1) {
                        thing.FSM.scorePlayerShell(thing, other);
                    }
                    thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                        function (other: IShell): void {
                            other.landing -= 1;
                        },
                        2,
                        other);
                } else {
                    // Different shelltoleft measurements: it's deadly
                    thing.death(thing);
                }
                return;
            }

            // If the shell is being kicked by a Player, either by hitting a still
            // shell or jumping onto an already moving one
            if (other.xvel === 0 || playerjump) {
                // Reset any signs of peeking from the shell
                other.counting = 0;

                // If the shell is standing still, make it move
                if (other.xvel === 0) {
                    thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Kick");
                    thing.FSM.scorePlayerShell(thing, other);
                    if (shelltoleft) {
                        other.moveleft = true;
                        other.xvel = -other.speed;
                    } else {
                        other.moveleft = false;
                        other.xvel = other.speed;
                    }
                    other.hitcount += 1;
                    thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                        function (other: IShell): void {
                            other.hitcount -= 1;
                        },
                        2,
                        other);
                } else {
                    // Otherwise it was moving, but should now be still
                    other.xvel = 0;
                }

                if (other.peeking) {
                    other.peeking = 0;
                    thing.FSM.removeClass(other, "peeking");
                    other.height -= thing.FSM.unitsize / 8;
                    thing.FSM.updateSize(other);
                }

                // If a Player is landing on the shell (with movements and xvels
                // already set), a Player should then jump up a bit
                if (playerjump) {
                    thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Kick");

                    if (!other.xvel) {
                        thing.FSM.jumpEnemy(thing, other);
                        thing.yvel *= 2;
                        // thing.FSM.scorePlayerShell(thing, other);
                        thing.FSM.setBottom(thing, other.top - thing.FSM.unitsize);
                    } else {
                        // thing.FSM.scorePlayerShell(thing, other);
                    }

                    other.landing += 1;
                    other.shelltoleft = shelltoleft;
                    thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                        function (other: IShell): void {
                            other.landing -= 1;
                        },
                        2,
                        other);
                }
            } else {
                // Since a Player is touching the shell normally, that's a death if
                // the shell isn't moving away
                if (!other.hitcount && (
                    (shelltoleft && other.xvel > 0)
                    || (!shelltoleft && other.xvel < 0)
                )) {
                    thing.death(thing);
                }
            }
        }

        /**
         * Collision callback for two Shells. If one is moving, it kills the other;
         * otherwise, they bounce off.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Shell touching other.
         * @param other   A Shell being touched by thing.
         */
        collideShellShell(thing: IShell, other: IShell): void {
            if (thing.xvel !== 0) {
                if (other.xvel !== 0) {
                    var temp: number = thing.xvel;
                    thing.xvel = other.xvel;
                    other.xvel = temp;

                    thing.FSM.shiftHoriz(thing, thing.xvel);
                    thing.FSM.shiftHoriz(other, other.xvel);
                } else {
                    thing.FSM.ItemsHolder.increase("score", 500);
                    other.death(other);
                }
            } else {
                thing.FSM.ItemsHolder.increase("score", 500);
                thing.death(thing);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Collision callback for a general character hitting an enemy. This covers
         * many general cases, most of which involve a player and an enemy.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Character touching other.
         * @param other   An Enemy being touched by thing.
         */
        collideEnemy(thing: ICharacter, other: IEnemy): void {
            // If either is a player, make it thing (not other)
            if (!thing.player && other.player) {
                return thing.FSM.collideEnemy(thing, other);
            }

            // Death: nothing happens
            if (!thing.FSM.isThingAlive(thing) || !thing.FSM.isThingAlive(other)) {
                return;
            }

            // Items
            if ((<IItem>thing).item) {
                if (thing.collidePrimary) {
                    return thing.collide(other, thing);
                }
                return;
            }

            // For non-players, it's just to characters colliding: they bounce
            if (!thing.player) {
                thing.moveleft = thing.FSM.objectToLeft(thing, other);
                other.moveleft = !thing.moveleft;
                return;
            }

            // Player landing on top of an enemy
            if (
                ((<IStar>thing).star && !other.nostar)
                || (
                    !thing.FSM.MapScreener.underwater
                    && (!other.deadly && thing.FSM.isThingOnThing(thing, other))
                )
            ) {
                // For the sake of typing. Should be optimized during runtime.
                var player: IPlayer = <IPlayer>thing;

                // Enforces toly (not touching means stop)
                if (player.FSM.isCharacterAboveEnemy(player, other)) {
                    return;
                }

                // A star player just kills the enemy, no matter what
                if (player.star) {
                    other.nocollide = true;
                    other.death(other, 2);
                    player.FSM.scoreOn(other.scoreStar, other);
                    player.FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Kick");
                } else {
                    // A non-star player kills the enemy with spawn, and hops
                    player.FSM.setBottom(
                        player,
                        Math.min(player.bottom, other.top + player.FSM.unitsize)
                    );
                    player.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(player.FSM.jumpEnemy, 0, player, other);

                    other.death(other, player.star ? 2 : 0);

                    player.FSM.addClass(player, "hopping");
                    player.FSM.removeClasses(
                        player, "running skidding jumping one two three"
                    );
                    player.hopping = true;

                    if (player.power === 1) {
                        player.FSM.setPlayerSizeSmall(player);
                    }
                }
            } else if (!thing.FSM.isCharacterAboveEnemy(thing, other)) {
                // Player being landed on by an enemy
                thing.death(thing);
            }
        }


        /**
         * Collision callback for a character bumping into the bottom of a solid.
         * Only players cause the solid to jump and be considered "up", though large
         * players will kill solids that have the breakable flag on. If the solid 
         * does jump and has contents, they emerge.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Brick being touched by other.
         * @param other   A Character touching thing.
         */
        collideBottomBrick(thing: IBrick, other: ICharacter): void {
            if ((<any>other).solid && !thing.solid) {
                return thing.FSM.collideBottomBrick(<any>other, <any>thing);
            }

            if (thing.up || !other.player) {
                return;
            }

            thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Bump");

            if (thing.used) {
                return;
            }

            thing.up = other;
            if ((<IPlayer>other).power > 1 && thing.breakable && !thing.contents) {
                thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                    thing.FSM.killBrick, 2, thing, other);
                return;
            }

            thing.FSM.animateSolidBump(thing);

            if (thing.contents) {
                thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                    function (): void {
                        thing.FSM.animateSolidContents(thing, <any>other);

                        if (thing.contents !== "Coin") {
                            thing.FSM.animateBlockBecomesUsed(<any>thing);
                        } else {
                            if (thing.lastcoin) {
                                thing.FSM.animateBlockBecomesUsed(<any>thing);
                            } else {
                                thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                                    function (): void {
                                        thing.lastcoin = true;
                                    },
                                    245);
                            }
                        }
                    },
                    7);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Collision callback for a Player hitting the bottom of a Block. Unused
         * Blocks have their contents emerge (by default a Coin), while used Blocks
         * just have a small bump noise played.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Block being touched by other.
         * @param other   A Player touching thing.
         */
        collideBottomBlock(thing: IBlock, other: IPlayer): void {
            if ((<any>other).solid && !thing.solid) {
                return thing.FSM.collideBottomBlock(<any>other, <any>thing);
            }

            if (thing.up || !other.player) {
                return;
            }

            if (thing.used) {
                thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Bump");
                return;
            }

            thing.used = true;
            thing.hidden = false;
            thing.up = other;

            thing.FSM.animateSolidBump(thing);
            thing.FSM.removeClass(thing, "hidden");
            thing.FSM.switchClass(thing, "unused", "used");
            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                thing.FSM.animateSolidContents, 7, thing, other);
        }

        /**
         * Collision callback for Vines. A player becomes "attached" to the Vine
         * and starts climbing it, with movement set to movePlayerVine.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player touching other.
         * @param other   A Solid being touched by thing.
         */
        collideVine(thing: IPlayer, other: IVine): void {
            if (!thing.player || thing.attachedSolid || thing.climbing) {
                return;
            }

            if (thing.bottom > other.bottom + thing.FSM.unitsize * 2) {
                return;
            }

            other.attachedCharacter = thing;
            thing.attachedSolid = other;

            thing.nofall = true;
            thing.checkOverlaps = false;
            thing.resting = undefined;

            // To the left of the vine
            if (thing.right < other.right) {
                thing.lookleft = false;
                thing.moveleft = false;
                thing.attachedDirection = -1;
                thing.FSM.unflipHoriz(thing);
            } else {
                // To the right of the vine
                thing.lookleft = true;
                thing.moveleft = true;
                thing.attachedDirection = 1;
                thing.FSM.flipHoriz(thing);
            }

            thing.FSM.animateCharacterPauseVelocity(thing);
            thing.FSM.addClass(thing, "climbing");
            thing.FSM.removeClasses(
                thing, "running", "jumping", "skidding");

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.cancelClassCycle(thing, "running");
            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addClassCycle(
                thing, ["one", "two"], "climbing", 0
            );

            thing.attachedLeft = !thing.FSM.objectToLeft(thing, other);
            thing.attachedOff = thing.attachedLeft ? 1 : -1;

            thing.movement = thing.FSM.movePlayerVine;
        }

        /**
         * Collision callback for a character hitting a Springboard. This acts as a
         * normal solid to non-players, and only acts as a spring if a Player is
         * above it and moving down.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Character touching other.
         * @param other   A Springboard being touched by thing.
         */
        collideSpringboard(thing: ICharacter, other: ISpringboard): void {
            if (
                thing.player && thing.yvel >= 0 && !other.tension
                && thing.FSM.isCharacterOnSolid(thing, other)
            ) {
                other.tension = other.tensionSave = Math.max(
                    thing.yvel * 0.77,
                    thing.FSM.unitsize
                );
                thing.movement = thing.FSM.movePlayerSpringboardDown;
                (<IPlayer>thing).spring = other;
                thing.xvel /= 2.8;
            } else {
                thing.FSM.collideCharacterSolid(thing, other);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Collision callback for a character hitting a WaterBlocker on the top of
         * an underwater area. It simply stops them from moving up.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Character touching other.
         * @param other   A WaterBlocker being touched by thing.
         */
        collideWaterBlocker(thing: ICharacter, other: ISolid): void {
            thing.FSM.collideCharacterSolid(thing, other);
        }

        /**
         * Collision callback for the DetectCollision on a flagpole at the end of an
         * EndOutsideCastle. The Flagpole cutscene is started.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player touching other.
         * @param other   A DetectCollision being touched by thing.
         */
        collideFlagpole(thing: IPlayer, other: IDetectCollision): void {
            if (thing.bottom > other.bottom) {
                return;
            }

            thing.FSM.ScenePlayer.startCutscene("Flagpole", {
                "player": thing,
                "collider": other
            });
        }

        /**
         * Collision callback for a Player hitting a CastleAxe. A player and
         * screen are paused for 140 steps (other callbacks should be animating
         * the custcene).
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player touching other.
         * @param other   A CastleAxe being touched by thing.
         */
        collideCastleAxe(thing: IPlayer, other: ICastleAxe): void {
            if (!thing.FSM.MathDecider.compute("canPlayerTouchCastleAxe", thing, other)) {
                return;
            }

            thing.FSM.ScenePlayer.startCutscene("BowserVictory", {
                "player": thing,
                "axe": other
            });
        }

        /**
         * Collision callback for a player hitting the DetectCollision placed next 
         * a CastleDoor in EndOutsideCastle. Things and the current time are added
         * to cutscene settings. Infinite time goes directly to the Fireworks
         * routine, while having non-infinite time goes to the Countdown routine.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player touching other.
         * @param other   A DetectCollision being touched by thing.
         */
        collideCastleDoor(thing: IPlayer, other: IDetectCollision): void {
            thing.FSM.killNormal(thing);
            if (!thing.player) {
                return;
            }

            var time: number = thing.FSM.ItemsHolder.getItem("time");

            thing.FSM.ScenePlayer.addCutsceneSetting("player", thing);
            thing.FSM.ScenePlayer.addCutsceneSetting("detector", other);
            thing.FSM.ScenePlayer.addCutsceneSetting("time", time);

            if (time === Infinity) {
                thing.FSM.ScenePlayer.playRoutine("Fireworks");
            } else {
                thing.FSM.ScenePlayer.playRoutine("Countdown");
            }
        }

        /** 
         * Collision callback for a player reaching a castle NPC. Things and
         * the NPC's keys are added to cutscene settings, and the Dialog routine
         * is played.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player touching other.
         * @param other   A DetectCollision being touched by thing.
         */
        collideCastleNPC(thing: IPlayer, other: IDetectCollision): void {
            var keys: any[] = other.collection.npc.collectionKeys;

            thing.FSM.ScenePlayer.addCutsceneSetting("keys", keys);
            thing.FSM.ScenePlayer.addCutsceneSetting("player", thing);
            thing.FSM.ScenePlayer.addCutsceneSetting("detector", other);

            thing.FSM.ScenePlayer.playRoutine("Dialog");
        }

        /**
         * Collision callback for a player hitting the transportation Platform in
         * cloud worlds. A player collides with it as normal for solids, but if
         * a Player is then resting on it, it becomes a normal moving platform
         * with only horizontal momentum.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player touching other.
         * @param other   A Solid being touched by thing.
         */
        collideTransport(thing: IPlayer, other: ISolid): void {
            if (!thing.player) {
                return;
            }

            thing.FSM.collideCharacterSolid(thing, other);
            if (thing.resting !== other) {
                return;
            }

            other.xvel = thing.FSM.unitsize / 2;
            other.movement = thing.FSM.movePlatform;
            other.collide = thing.FSM.collideCharacterSolid;
        }

        /**
         * General collision callback for DetectCollision Things. The real activate
         * callback is only hit if the Thing is a player; otherwise, an optional
         * activateFail may be activated. The DetectCollision is then killed if it
         * doesn't have the noActivateDeath flag.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Character touching other.
         * @param other   A DetectCollision being touched by thing.
         */
        collideDetector(thing: ICharacter, other: IDetectCollision): void {
            if (!thing.player) {
                if (other.activateFail) {
                    other.activateFail(thing);
                }
                return;
            }

            other.activate(thing, other);

            if (!other.noActivateDeath) {
                thing.FSM.killNormal(other);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Collision callback for level transports (any Thing with a .transport 
         * attribute). Depending on the transport, either the map or location are 
         * shifted to it.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player touching other.
         * @param other   A Solid being touched by thing.
         */
        collideLevelTransport(thing: IPlayer, other: ISolid): void {
            if (!thing.player) {
                return;
            }

            var transport: any = other.transport;

            if (typeof transport === "undefined") {
                throw new Error("No transport given to collideLevelTransport");
            }

            if (transport.constructor === String) {
                thing.FSM.setLocation(transport);
            } else if (typeof transport.map !== "undefined") {
                if (typeof transport.location !== "undefined") {
                    thing.FSM.setMap(transport.map, transport.location);
                } else {
                    thing.FSM.setMap(transport.map);
                }
            } else if (typeof transport.location !== "undefined") {
                thing.FSM.setLocation(transport.location);
            } else {
                throw new Error("Unknown transport type:" + transport);
            }
        }


        /* Movement functions
        */

        /**
         * Base, generic movement Function for simple characters. The Thing moves
         * at a constant rate in either the x or y direction, and switches direction
         * only if directed by the engine (e.g. when it hits a Solid)
         * 
         * @param thing   A Character that should move.
         * @remarks thing.speed is the only required member attribute; .direction
         *          and .moveleft should be set by the game engine.
         */
        moveSimple(thing: ICharacter): void {
            // If the thing is looking away from the intended direction, flip it
            if (thing.direction !== (thing.moveleft ? 1 : 0)) {
                // thing.moveleft is truthy: it should now be looking to the right
                if (thing.moveleft) {
                    thing.xvel = -thing.speed;
                    if (!thing.noflip) {
                        thing.FSM.unflipHoriz(thing);
                    }
                } else {
                    // thing.moveleft is falsy: it should now be looking to the left
                    thing.xvel = thing.speed;
                    if (!thing.noflip) {
                        thing.FSM.flipHoriz(thing);
                    }
                }

                thing.direction = thing.moveleft ? 1 : 0;
            }
        }

        /**
         * Extension of the moveSimple movement Function for Things that shouldn't
         * fall off the edge of their resting blocks
         * 
         * @param thing   A Character that should move.
         */
        moveSmart(thing: ICharacter): void {
            // Start off by calling moveSimple for normal movement
            thing.FSM.moveSimple(thing);

            // If this isn't resting, it's the same as moveSimple
            if (thing.yvel !== 0) {
                return;
            }

            if (!thing.resting || !thing.FSM.isCharacterOnResting(thing, thing.resting)) {
                if (thing.moveleft) {
                    thing.FSM.shiftHoriz(thing, thing.FSM.unitsize, true);
                } else {
                    thing.FSM.shiftHoriz(thing, -thing.FSM.unitsize, true);
                }
                thing.moveleft = !thing.moveleft;
            }
        }

        /**
         * Extension of the moveSimple movement Function for Things that should
         * jump whenever they start resting.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Character that should move.
         * @remarks thing.jumpheight is required to know how high to jump.
         */
        moveJumping(thing: ICharacter): void {
            // Start off by calling moveSimple for normal movement
            thing.FSM.moveSimple(thing);

            // If .resting, jump!
            if (thing.resting) {
                thing.yvel = -Math.abs(thing.jumpheight);
                thing.resting = undefined;
            }
        }

        /**
         * Movement Function for Characters that slide back and forth, such as 
         * HammerBros and Lakitus.
         * 
         * @param thing   A HammerBro or Lakitu that should move.
         * @remarks thing.counter must be set elsewhere, such as during spawning.    
         */
        movePacing(thing: IHammerBro | ILakitu): void {
            thing.counter += .007;
            thing.xvel = Math.sin(Math.PI * thing.counter) / 2.1;
        }

        /**
         * Movement Function for HammerBros. They movePacing, look towards the 
         * player, and have the nocollidesolid flag if they're jumping up or 
         * intentionally falling through a solid.
         * 
         * @param thing   A HammerBro that should move.
         */
        moveHammerBro(thing: IHammerBro): void {
            thing.FSM.movePacing(thing);
            thing.FSM.lookTowardsPlayer(thing);
            thing.nocollidesolid = thing.yvel < 0 || thing.falling;
        }

        /**
         * Movement Function for Bowser. Bowser always faces a Player and 
         * movePaces if he's to the right of a Player, or moves to the right if
         * he's to the left.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Bowser that should move.
         */
        moveBowser(thing: IBowser): void {
            // Facing to the right
            if (thing.flipHoriz) {
                // To the left of player: walk to the right
                if (thing.FSM.objectToLeft(thing, thing.FSM.player)) {
                    thing.FSM.moveSimple(thing);
                } else {
                    // To the right of player: look to the left and movePacing as normal
                    thing.moveleft = thing.lookleft = true;
                    thing.FSM.unflipHoriz(thing);
                    thing.FSM.movePacing(thing);
                }
            } else {
                // Facing to the left
                // To the left of player: look and walk to the right
                if (thing.FSM.objectToLeft(thing, thing.FSM.player)) {
                    thing.moveleft = thing.lookleft = false;
                    thing.FSM.flipHoriz(thing);
                    thing.FSM.moveSimple(thing);
                } else {
                    // To the right of a Player: movePacing as normal
                    thing.FSM.movePacing(thing);
                }
            }
        }

        /**
         * Movement Function for Bowser's spewed fire. It has a ylev stored from
         * creation that will tell it when to stop changing its vertical 
         * velocity from this Function; otherwise, it shifts its vertical 
         * position to move to the ylev.
         * 
         * @param thing   A BowserFire that should move.
         */
        moveBowserFire(thing: IBowserFire): void {
            if (Math.round(thing.bottom) === Math.round(thing.ylev)) {
                thing.movement = undefined;
                return;
            }

            thing.FSM.shiftVert(
                thing,
                Math.min(Math.max(0, thing.ylev - thing.bottom), thing.FSM.unitsize));
        }

        /**
         * Movement function for Things that float up and down (vertically).
         * If the Thing has reached thing.begin or thing.end, it gradually switches
         * thing.yvel
         * 
         * @param thing   A Thing that should move.
         * @remarks thing.maxvel is used as the maximum absolute speed vertically
         * @remarks thing.begin and thing.end are used as the vertical endpoints;
         *          .begin is the bottom and .end is the top (since begin <= end)
         */
        moveFloating(thing: IThingFloating): void {
            // If above the endpoint:
            if (thing.top <= thing.end) {
                thing.yvel = Math.min(thing.yvel + thing.FSM.unitsize / 64, thing.maxvel);
            } else if (thing.bottom >= thing.begin) {
                // If below the endpoint:
                thing.yvel = Math.max(thing.yvel - thing.FSM.unitsize / 64, -thing.maxvel);
            }

            // Deal with velocities and whether a Player is resting on this
            thing.FSM.movePlatform(<any>thing);
        }

        /**
         * Actual movement Function for Things that float sideways (horizontally).
         * If the Thing has reached thing.begin or thing.end, it gradually switches
         * thing.xvel.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Thing that should move.
         * @remarks thing.maxvel is used as the maximum absolute speed horizontally
         * @remarks thing.begin and thing.end are used as the horizontal endpoints;
         *          .begin is the left and .end is the right (since begin <= end)
         */
        moveSliding(thing: IThingSliding): void {
            // If to the left of the endpoint:
            if (thing.FSM.MapScreener.left + thing.left <= thing.begin) {
                thing.xvel = Math.min(
                    thing.xvel + thing.FSM.unitsize / 64, thing.maxvel);
            } else if (thing.FSM.MapScreener.left + thing.right > thing.end) {
                // If to the right of the endpoint:
                thing.xvel = Math.max(
                    thing.xvel - thing.FSM.unitsize / 64, -thing.maxvel);
            }

            // Deal with velocities and whether a Player is resting on this
            thing.FSM.movePlatform(<any>thing);
        }

        /**
         * Ensures thing.begin <= thing.end (so there won't be glitches pertaining
         * to them in functions like moveFloating and moveSliding
         * 
         * @param thing   A spawning Thing that needs its movement endpoings set.
         */
        setMovementEndpoints(thing: IThingFloating | IThingSliding): void {
            if (thing.begin > thing.end) {
                var temp: number = thing.begin;
                thing.begin = thing.end;
                thing.end = temp;
            }

            thing.begin *= thing.FSM.unitsize;
            thing.end *= thing.FSM.unitsize;
        }

        /**
         * General movement Function for Platforms. Moves a Platform by its 
         * velocities, and checks for whether a Thing is resting on it (if so, 
         * the Thing is accordingly).
         * 
         * @param thing   A Platform that should move.
         */
        movePlatform(thing: IPlatform): void {
            thing.FSM.shiftHoriz(thing, thing.xvel);
            thing.FSM.shiftVert(thing, thing.yvel);

            // If a Player is resting on this and this is alive, move a Player
            if (thing === thing.FSM.player.resting && thing.FSM.player.alive) {
                thing.FSM.setBottom(thing.FSM.player, thing.top);
                thing.FSM.shiftHoriz(thing.FSM.player, thing.xvel);

                // If a Player is too far to the right or left, stop that overlap
                if (thing.FSM.player.right > thing.FSM.MapScreener.width) {
                    thing.FSM.setRight(
                        thing.FSM.player,
                        thing.FSM.MapScreener.width);
                } else if (thing.FSM.player.left < 0) {
                    thing.FSM.setLeft(thing.FSM.player, 0);
                }
            }
        }

        /**
         * Movement Function for platforms that are in a PlatformGenerator. They
         * have the typical movePlatform applied to them, but if they reach the
         * bottom or top of the screen, they are shifted to the opposite side.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Platform that should move.
         */
        movePlatformSpawn(thing: IPlatform): void {
            if (thing.bottom < 0) {
                thing.FSM.setTop(thing, thing.FSM.MapScreener.bottomPlatformMax);
            } else if (
                thing.top > thing.FSM.MapScreener.bottomPlatformMax
            ) {
                thing.FSM.setBottom(thing, 0);
            } else {
                thing.FSM.movePlatform(thing);
                return;
            }

            if (
                thing.FSM.player
                && thing.FSM.player.resting === thing
            ) {
                thing.FSM.player.resting = undefined;
            }
        }

        /**
         * Movement Function for Platforms that fall whenever rested upon by a 
         * player. Being rested upon means the Platform falls; when it reaches a 
         * terminal velocity, it switches to moveFreeFalling forever.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Platform that should move.
         */
        moveFalling(thing: IPlatform): void {
            // If a Player isn't resting on this thing (any more?), ignore it
            if (thing.FSM.player.resting !== thing) {
                // Since a Player might have been on this thing but isn't anymore, 
                // set the yvel to 0 just in case
                thing.yvel = 0;
                return;
            }

            // Since a Player is on this thing, start falling more
            thing.FSM.shiftVert(
                thing, thing.yvel += thing.FSM.unitsize / 8
            );
            thing.FSM.setBottom(thing.FSM.player, thing.top);

            // After a velocity threshold, start always falling
            if (thing.yvel >= (thing.fallThresholdStart || thing.FSM.unitsize * 2.8)) {
                thing.freefall = true;
                thing.movement = thing.FSM.moveFreeFalling;
            }
        }

        /**
         * Movement Function for Platforms that have reached terminal velocity in
         * moveFalling and are now destined to die. The Platform will continue to
         * accelerate towards certain death until another velocity threshold,
         * and then switches to movePlatform to remain at that rate.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Platform that should move.
         */
        moveFreeFalling(thing: IPlatform): void {
            // Accelerate downwards, increasing the thing's y-velocity
            thing.yvel += thing.acceleration || thing.FSM.unitsize / 16;
            thing.FSM.shiftVert(thing, thing.yvel);

            // After a velocity threshold, stop accelerating
            if (thing.yvel >= (thing.fallThresholdEnd || thing.FSM.unitsize * 2.1)) {
                thing.movement = thing.FSM.movePlatform;
            }
        }

        /**
         * Movement Function for Platforms that are a part of a scale.  Nothing
         * happens if a Platform isn't being rested and doesn't have a y-velocity. 
         * Being rested upon means the y-velocity increases, and not being rested
         * means the y-velocity decreases: either moves the corresponding Platform
         * "partner" in the other vertical direction. When the Platform is too far
         * down (visually has no string left), they both fall.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Platform that should move.
         */
        movePlatformScale(thing: IPlatform): void {
            // If a Player is resting on this, fall hard
            if (thing.FSM.player.resting === thing) {
                thing.yvel += thing.FSM.unitsize / 16;
            } else if (thing.yvel > 0) {
                // If this still has velocity from a Player, stop or fall less
                if (!thing.partners) {
                    thing.yvel = 0;
                } else {
                    thing.yvel = Math.max(
                        thing.yvel - thing.FSM.unitsize / 16, 0
                    );
                }
            } else {
                // Not being rested upon or having a yvel means nothing happens
                return;
            }

            thing.tension += thing.yvel;
            thing.FSM.shiftVert(thing, thing.yvel);

            // The rest of the logic is for the platform's partner(s)
            if (!thing.partners) {
                return;
            }

            thing.partners.partnerPlatform.tension -= thing.yvel;

            // If the partner has fallen off, everybody falls!
            if (thing.partners.partnerPlatform.tension <= 0) {
                thing.FSM.scoreOn(1000, thing);
                thing.partners.partnerPlatform.yvel = thing.FSM.unitsize / 2;
                thing.collide = thing.partners.partnerPlatform.collide = (
                    thing.FSM.collideCharacterSolid);
                thing.movement = thing.partners.partnerPlatform.movement = (
                    thing.FSM.moveFreeFalling);
            }

            // The partner has yvel equal and opposite to this platform's
            thing.FSM.shiftVert(
                thing.partners.partnerPlatform,
                -thing.yvel);

            // This platform's string grows with its yvel
            thing.FSM.setHeight(
                thing.partners.ownString,
                thing.partners.ownString.height + thing.yvel / thing.FSM.unitsize);

            // The partner's string shrinks while this platform's string grows
            thing.FSM.setHeight(
                thing.partners.partnerString,
                Math.max(
                    thing.partners.partnerString.height - (thing.yvel / thing.FSM.unitsize),
                    0)
            );
        }

        /**
         * Movement Function for Vines. They are constantly growing upward, until
         * some trigger (generally from animateEmergeVine) sets movement to 
         * undefined. If there is an attached Thing, it is moved up at the same rate
         * as the Vine.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Vine that should move.
         */
        moveVine(thing: IVine): void {
            thing.FSM.increaseHeight(thing, thing.speed);
            thing.FSM.updateSize(thing);

            if (thing.attachedSolid) {
                thing.FSM.setBottom(thing, thing.attachedSolid.top);
            }

            if (thing.attachedCharacter) {
                thing.FSM.shiftVert(thing.attachedCharacter, -thing.speed);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Movement Function for Springboards that are "pushing up" during or after
         * being hit by a player. The Springboard changes its height based on its
         * tension. If a Player is still on it, then a Player is given extra
         * vertical velocity and taken off.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Springboard that should move.
         */
        moveSpringboardUp(thing: ISpringboard): void {
            var player: IPlayer = thing.FSM.player;

            thing.FSM.reduceHeight(thing, -thing.tension, true);
            thing.tension *= 2;

            // If the spring height is past the normal, it's done moving
            if (thing.height > thing.heightNormal) {
                thing.FSM.reduceHeight(
                    thing,
                    (thing.height - thing.heightNormal) * thing.FSM.unitsize);
                if (thing === player.spring) {
                    player.yvel = thing.FSM.MathDecider.compute("springboardYvelUp", thing);
                    player.resting = player.spring = undefined;
                    player.movement = thing.FSM.movePlayer;
                }
                thing.tension = 0;
                thing.movement = undefined;
            } else {
                thing.FSM.setBottom(player, thing.top);
            }

            if (thing === player.spring) {
                if (!thing.FSM.isThingTouchingThing(player, thing)) {
                    player.spring = undefined;
                    player.movement = FullScreenMario.prototype.movePlayer;
                }
            }
        }

        /**
         * Movement Function for Shells. This actually does nothing for moving 
         * Shells (since they only interact unusually on collision). For Shells with
         * no x-velocity, a counting variable is increased. Once it reaches 350, the
         * shell is "peeking" visually; when it reaches 490, the Shell spawns back
         * into its original spawner (typically Koopa or Beetle).
         * 
         * @param thing   A Shell that should move.
         */
        moveShell(thing: IShell): void {
            if (thing.xvel !== 0) {
                return;
            }

            thing.counting += 1;

            if (thing.counting === 350) {
                thing.peeking = 1;
                thing.height += thing.FSM.unitsize / 8;
                thing.FSM.addClass(thing, "peeking");
                thing.FSM.updateSize(thing);
            } else if (thing.counting === 455) {
                thing.peeking = 2;
            } else if (thing.counting === 490) {
                thing.spawnSettings = {
                    "smart": thing.smart
                };
                thing.FSM.killSpawn(thing);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Movement Function for Piranhas. These constantly change their height 
         * except when they reach 0 or full height (alternating direction), at which
         * point they switch to movePiranhaLatent to wait to move in the opposite
         * direction.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Piranha that should move.
         */
        movePiranha(thing: IPiranha): void {
            var bottom: number = thing.bottom,
                height: number = thing.height + thing.direction,
                atEnd: boolean = false;

            if (thing.resting && !thing.FSM.isThingAlive(thing.resting)) {
                bottom = thing.constructor.prototype.height * thing.FSM.unitsize + thing.top;
                height = Infinity;
                thing.resting = undefined;
            }

            if (height <= 0) {
                height = thing.height = 0;
                atEnd = true;
            } else if (height >= thing.constructor.prototype.height) {
                height = thing.height = thing.constructor.prototype.height;
                atEnd = true;
            }

            thing.FSM.setHeight(thing, height);
            thing.FSM.setBottom(thing, bottom);

            // Canvas height should be manually reset, as PixelRendr will otherwise
            // store the height as the initial small height from spawnPiranha...
            thing.canvas.height = height * thing.FSM.unitsize;
            thing.FSM.PixelDrawer.setThingSprite(thing);

            if (atEnd) {
                thing.counter = 0;
                thing.movement = thing.FSM.movePiranhaLatent;
            }
        }

        /**
         * Movement Function for Piranhas that are not changing size. They wait 
         * until a counter reaches a point (and then, if their height is 0, for the
         * player to go away) to switch back to movePiranha.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Piranha that should move.
         */
        movePiranhaLatent(thing: IPiranha): void {
            var playerX: number = thing.FSM.getMidX(thing.FSM.player);

            if (
                thing.counter >= thing.countermax
                && (
                    thing.height > 0
                    || playerX < thing.left - thing.FSM.unitsize * 8
                    || playerX > thing.right + thing.FSM.unitsize * 8
                )
            ) {
                thing.movement = undefined;
                thing.direction *= -1;

                thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                    function (): void {
                        thing.movement = thing.FSM.movePiranha;
                    },
                    7);
            } else {
                thing.counter += 1;
            }
        }

        /**
         * Movement Function for the Bubbles that come out of a player's mouth
         * underwater. They die when they reach a top threshold of unitsize * 16.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Thing that should move.
         */
        moveBubble(thing: IThing): void {
            if (thing.top < (thing.FSM.MapScreener.top + thing.FSM.unitsize * 16)) {
                thing.FSM.killNormal(thing);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Movement Function for typical CheepCheeps, which are underwater. They
         * move according to their native velocities except that they cannot travel
         * above the unitsize * 16 top threshold.
         * 
         * @param thing   A CheepCheep that should move.
         */
        moveCheepCheep(thing: ICheepCheep): void {
            if (thing.top < thing.FSM.unitsize * 16) {
                thing.FSM.setTop(thing, thing.FSM.unitsize * 16);
                thing.yvel *= -1;
            }
        }

        /**
         * Movement Function for flying CheepCheeps, like in bridge areas. They 
         * lose a movement Function (and therefore just fall) at a unitsize * 28 top
         * threshold.
         * 
         * @param thing   A CheepCheep that should move.
         */
        moveCheepCheepFlying(thing: IThing): void {
            if (thing.top < thing.FSM.unitsize * 28) {
                thing.movement = undefined;
                thing.nofall = false;
            }
        }

        /**
         * Movement Function for Bloopers. These switch between "squeezing" (moving
         * down) and moving up ("unsqueezing"). They always try to unsqueeze if the 
         * player is above them.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Blooper that should move.
         */
        moveBlooper(thing: IBlooper): void {
            // If a Player is dead, just drift aimlessly
            if (!thing.FSM.isThingAlive(thing.FSM.player)) {
                thing.xvel = thing.FSM.unitsize / -4;
                thing.yvel = 0;
                thing.movement = undefined;
                return;
            }

            switch (thing.counter) {
                case 56:
                    thing.squeeze = 1;
                    thing.counter += 1;
                    break;
                case 63:
                    thing.FSM.moveBlooperSqueezing(thing);
                    break;
                default:
                    thing.counter += 1;
                    if (thing.top < thing.FSM.unitsize * 18) {
                        thing.FSM.moveBlooperSqueezing(thing);
                    }
                    break;
            }

            if (thing.squeeze) {
                thing.yvel = Math.max(thing.yvel + .021, .7); // going down
            } else {
                thing.yvel = Math.min(thing.yvel - .035, -.7); // going up
            }

            if (thing.top > thing.FSM.unitsize * 16) {
                thing.FSM.shiftVert(thing, thing.yvel, true);
            }

            if (!thing.squeeze) {
                if (thing.FSM.player.left > thing.right + thing.FSM.unitsize * 8) {
                    // Go to the right
                    thing.xvel = Math.min(thing.speed, thing.xvel + thing.FSM.unitsize / 32);
                } else if (thing.FSM.player.right < thing.left - thing.FSM.unitsize * 8) {
                    // Go to the left
                    thing.xvel = Math.max(-thing.speed, thing.xvel - thing.FSM.unitsize / 32);
                }
            }
        }

        /**
         * Additional movement Function for Bloopers that are "squeezing". Squeezing
         * Bloopers travel downard at a gradual pace until they reach either the
         * player's bottom or a threshold of unitsize * 90.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Blooper that should move.
         */
        moveBlooperSqueezing(thing: IBlooper): void {
            if (thing.squeeze !== 2) {
                thing.squeeze = 2;
                thing.FSM.addClass(thing, "squeeze");
                thing.FSM.setHeight(thing, 10, true, true);
            }

            if (thing.squeeze < 7) {
                thing.xvel /= 1.4;
            } else if (thing.squeeze === 7) {
                thing.xvel = 0;
            }

            thing.squeeze += 1;

            if (thing.top > thing.FSM.player.bottom || thing.bottom > thing.FSM.unitsize * 91) {
                thing.FSM.animateBlooperUnsqueezing(thing);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Movement Function for Podoboos that is only used when they are falling.
         * Podoboo animations trigger this when they reach a certain height, and
         * use this to determine when they should stop accelerating downward, which
         * is their starting location.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Podoboo that should move.
         */
        movePodobooFalling(thing: IPodoboo): void {
            if (thing.top >= thing.starty) {
                thing.yvel = 0;
                thing.movement = undefined;
                thing.FSM.unflipVert(thing);
                thing.FSM.setTop(thing, thing.starty);
                return;
            }

            if (thing.yvel >= thing.speed) {
                thing.yvel = thing.speed;
                return;
            }

            if (!thing.flipVert && thing.yvel > 0) {
                thing.FSM.flipVert(thing);
            }

            thing.yvel += thing.gravity;
        }

        /**
         * Movement Function for Lakitus that have finished their moveLakituInitial
         * run. This is similar to movePacing in that it makes the Lakitu pace to 
         * left and right of a Player, and moves with a Player rather than the
         * scrolling window.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Lakitu that should move.
         */
        moveLakitu(thing: ILakitu): void {
            var player: IPlayer = thing.FSM.player;

            // If a Player is moving quickly to the right, move in front and stay there
            if (
                player.xvel > thing.FSM.unitsize / 8
                && player.left > thing.FSM.MapScreener.width / 2
            ) {
                if (thing.left < player.right + thing.FSM.unitsize * 16) {
                    // slide to xloc
                    thing.FSM.slideToX(
                        thing,
                        player.right + player.xvel + thing.FSM.unitsize * 32,
                        player.maxspeed * 1.4
                    );
                    thing.counter = 0;
                }
            } else {
                thing.counter += .007;
                thing.FSM.slideToX(
                    thing,
                    player.left + player.xvel + Math.sin(Math.PI * thing.counter) * 117,
                    player.maxspeed * .7
                );
            }
        }

        /**
         * Initial entry movement Function for Lakitus. They enter by sliding across
         * the top of the screen until they reach a Player, and then switch to
         * their standard moveLakitu movement.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Lakitu that should move.
         */
        moveLakituInitial(thing: ILakitu): void {
            if (thing.right < thing.FSM.player.left) {
                thing.counter = 0;
                thing.movement = thing.FSM.moveLakitu;
                thing.movement(thing);
                return;
            }

            thing.FSM.shiftHoriz(thing, -thing.FSM.unitsize);
        }

        /**
         * Alternate movement Function for Lakitus. This is used when a Player
         * reaches the ending flagpole in a level and the Lakitu just flies to the 
         * left.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Lakitu that should move.
         */
        moveLakituFleeing(thing: ILakitu): void {
            thing.FSM.shiftHoriz(thing, -thing.FSM.unitsize);
        }

        /**
         * Movement Function for Coins that have been animated. They move based on
         * their yvel, and if they have a parent, die when they go below the parent.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Coin that should move up.
         * @param parent   A parent Solid spawning thing.
         */
        moveCoinEmerge(thing: ICoin, parent?: ISolid): void {
            thing.FSM.shiftVert(thing, thing.yvel);

            if (parent && thing.bottom >= thing.blockparent.bottom) {
                thing.FSM.killNormal(thing);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Movement Function for a Player. It reacts to almost all actions that 
         * to be done, but is horribly written so that is all the documentation you
         * get here. Sorry! Sections are labeled on the inside.
         * 
         * @param thing   A player that should move.
         */
        movePlayer(thing: IPlayer): void {
            // Not jumping
            if (!thing.keys.up) {
                thing.keys.jump = false;
            } else if (
                // Jumping
                thing.keys.jump
                && (thing.yvel <= 0 || thing.FSM.MapScreener.underwater)
            ) {
                if (thing.FSM.MapScreener.underwater) {
                    thing.FSM.animatePlayerPaddling(thing);
                    thing.FSM.removeClass(thing, "running");
                }

                if (thing.resting) {
                    if (thing.resting.xvel) {
                        thing.xvel += thing.resting.xvel;
                    }
                    thing.resting = undefined;
                } else {
                    // Jumping, not resting
                    if (!thing.jumping && !thing.FSM.MapScreener.underwater) {
                        thing.FSM.switchClass(thing, "running skidding", "jumping");
                    }
                    thing.jumping = true;

                    if (thing.power > 1 && thing.crouching) {
                        thing.FSM.removeClass(thing, "jumping");
                    }
                }
                if (!thing.FSM.MapScreener.underwater) {
                    thing.keys.jumplev += 1;
                    thing.FSM.MathDecider.compute("decreasePlayerJumpingYvel", thing);
                }
            }

            // Crouching
            if (thing.keys.crouch && !thing.crouching && thing.resting) {
                if (thing.power > 1) {
                    thing.crouching = true;
                    thing.FSM.removeClass(thing, "running");
                    thing.FSM.addClass(thing, "crouching");
                    thing.FSM.setHeight(thing, 11, true, true);
                    thing.height = 11;
                    thing.tolyOld = thing.toly;
                    thing.toly = thing.FSM.unitsize * 4;
                    thing.FSM.updateBottom(thing, 0);
                    thing.FSM.updateSize(thing);
                }
                // Pipe movement
                if (thing.resting.actionTop) {
                    thing.FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onPlayerActionTop", thing, thing.resting);
                    thing.resting.actionTop(thing, thing.resting);
                }
            }

            // Running
            if (thing.FSM.MathDecider.compute("decreasePlayerRunningXvel", thing)) {
                if (thing.skidding) {
                    thing.FSM.addClass(thing, "skidding");
                } else {
                    thing.FSM.removeClass(thing, "skidding");
                }
            }

            // Movement mods
            // Slowing down
            if (Math.abs(thing.xvel) < .14) {
                if (thing.running) {
                    thing.running = false;
                    if (thing.power === 1) {
                        thing.FSM.setPlayerSizeSmall(thing);
                    }
                    thing.FSM.removeClasses(thing, "running skidding one two three");
                    thing.FSM.addClass(thing, "still");
                    thing.FSM.TimeHandler.cancelClassCycle(thing, "running");
                }
            } else if (!thing.running) {
                // Not moving slowly
                thing.running = true;
                thing.FSM.animatePlayerRunningCycle(thing);
                if (thing.power === 1) {
                    thing.FSM.setPlayerSizeSmall(thing);
                }
            }
            if (thing.xvel > 0) {
                thing.xvel = Math.min(thing.xvel, thing.maxspeed);
                if (thing.moveleft && (thing.resting || thing.FSM.MapScreener.underwater)) {
                    thing.FSM.unflipHoriz(thing);
                    thing.moveleft = false;
                }
            } else if (thing.xvel < 0) {
                thing.xvel = Math.max(thing.xvel, thing.maxspeed * -1);
                if (!thing.moveleft && (thing.resting || thing.FSM.MapScreener.underwater)) {
                    thing.moveleft = true;
                    thing.FSM.flipHoriz(thing);
                }
            }

            // Resting stops a bunch of other stuff
            if (thing.resting) {
                // Hopping
                if (thing.hopping) {
                    thing.hopping = false;
                    thing.FSM.removeClass(thing, "hopping");
                    if (thing.xvel) {
                        thing.FSM.addClass(thing, "running");
                    }
                }
                // Jumping
                thing.keys.jumplev = thing.yvel = thing.jumpcount = 0;
                if (thing.jumping) {
                    thing.jumping = false;
                    thing.FSM.removeClass(thing, "jumping");
                    if (thing.power === 1) {
                        thing.FSM.setPlayerSizeSmall(thing);
                    }
                    thing.FSM.addClass(thing, Math.abs(thing.xvel) < .14 ? "still" : "running");
                }
                // Paddling
                if (thing.paddling) {
                    thing.paddling = thing.swimming = false;
                    thing.FSM.TimeHandler.cancelClassCycle(thing, "paddling");
                    thing.FSM.removeClasses(thing, "paddling swim1 swim2");
                    thing.FSM.addClass(thing, "running");
                }
            }
        }

        /**
         * Alternate movement Function for players attached to a Vine. They may 
         * climb up or down the Vine, or jump off. 
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player that should move.
         */
        movePlayerVine(thing: IPlayer): void {
            var attachedSolid: ISolid = thing.attachedSolid,
                animatedClimbing: boolean;

            if (!attachedSolid) {
                thing.movement = thing.FSM.movePlayer;
                return;
            }

            if (thing.bottom < thing.attachedSolid.top) {
                thing.FSM.unattachPlayer(thing, thing.attachedSolid);
                return;
            }

            // Running away from the vine means dropping off
            if (thing.keys.run !== 0 && thing.keys.run === thing.attachedDirection) {
                // Leaving to the left
                if (thing.attachedDirection === -1) {
                    thing.FSM.setRight(thing, attachedSolid.left - thing.FSM.unitsize);
                } else if (thing.attachedDirection === 1) {
                    // Leaving to the right
                    thing.FSM.setLeft(thing, attachedSolid.right + thing.FSM.unitsize);
                }

                thing.FSM.unattachPlayer(thing, attachedSolid);
                return;
            }

            // If a Player is moving up, simply move up
            if (thing.keys.up) {
                animatedClimbing = true;
                thing.FSM.shiftVert(thing, thing.FSM.unitsize / -4);
            } else if (thing.keys.crouch) {
                // If the thing is moving down, move down and check for unattachment
                animatedClimbing = true;
                thing.FSM.shiftVert(thing, thing.FSM.unitsize / 2);
                if (thing.top > attachedSolid.bottom) {
                    thing.FSM.unattachPlayer(thing, thing.attachedSolid);
                }
                return;
            } else {
                animatedClimbing = false;
            }

            if (animatedClimbing && !thing.animatedClimbing) {
                thing.FSM.addClass(thing, "animated");
            } else if (!animatedClimbing && thing.animatedClimbing) {
                thing.FSM.removeClass(thing, "animated");
            }

            thing.animatedClimbing = animatedClimbing;

            if (thing.bottom < thing.FSM.MapScreener.top - thing.FSM.unitsize * 4) {
                thing.FSM.setLocation(thing.attachedSolid.transport);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Movement Function for players pressing down onto a Springboard. This does
         * basically nothing except check for when a Player is off the spring or
         * the spring is fully contracted. The former restores a Player's movement
         * and the latter clears it (to be restored in moveSpringboardUp).
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player that should move.
         */
        movePlayerSpringboardDown(thing: IPlayer): void {
            var other: ISpringboard = thing.spring;

            // If a Player has moved off the spring, get outta here
            if (!thing.FSM.isThingTouchingThing(thing, other)) {
                thing.movement = thing.FSM.movePlayer;
                other.movement = thing.FSM.moveSpringboardUp;
                thing.spring = undefined;
                return;
            }

            // If the spring is fully contracted, go back up
            if (
                other.height < thing.FSM.unitsize * 2.5
                || other.tension < thing.FSM.unitsize / 32
            ) {
                thing.movement = undefined;
                other.movement = thing.FSM.moveSpringboardUp;
                return;
            }

            // Make sure it's hard to slide off
            if (
                thing.left < other.left + thing.FSM.unitsize * 2
                || thing.right > other.right - thing.FSM.unitsize * 2
            ) {
                thing.xvel /= 1.4;
            }

            thing.FSM.reduceHeight(other, other.tension, true);
            other.tension /= 2;
            thing.FSM.setBottom(thing, other.top);
            thing.FSM.updateSize(other);
        }


        /* Animations
        */

        /**
         * Animates a solid that has just had its bottom "bumped" by a player. It
         * moves with a dx that is initially negative (up) and increases (to down).
         * 
         * @param thing   A Solid being bumped.
         */
        animateSolidBump(thing: ISolid): void {
            var dx: number = -3;

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                function (thing: ISolid): boolean {
                    thing.FSM.shiftVert(thing, dx);
                    dx += .5;
                    if (dx === 3.5) {
                        thing.up = undefined;
                        return true;
                    }
                    return false;
                },
                1,
                Infinity,
                thing);
        }

        /**
         * Animates a Block to switch from unused to used.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Block that is now marked as used.
         */
        animateBlockBecomesUsed(thing: IBlock): void {
            thing.used = true;
            thing.FSM.switchClass(thing, "unused", "used");
        }

        /**
         * Animates a solid to have its contents emerge. A new Thing based on the 
         * contents is spawned directly on top of (visually behind) the solid, and
         * has its animate callback triggered.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Solid whose contents are coming out.
         * @param other   A Playe triggering the Solid contents.
         * @remarks If the contents are "Mushroom" and a large player hits the 
         *          solid, they turn into "FireFlower".
         * @remarks For level editors, if thing.contents is falsy, the prototype
         *          is tried (so nothing becomes Coin in Blocks).
         */
        animateSolidContents(thing: IBrick | IBlock, other: IPlayer): ICharacter {
            var output: ICharacter;

            if (other && other.player && other.power > 1 && thing.contents === "Mushroom") {
                thing.contents = "FireFlower";
            }

            output = <ICharacter>thing.FSM.addThing(thing.contents || thing.constructor.prototype.contents);
            thing.FSM.setMidXObj(output, thing);
            thing.FSM.setTop(output, thing.top);
            output.blockparent = thing;
            output.animate(output, thing);

            return output;
        }

        /**
         * Animates a Brick turning into four rotating shards flying out of it. The
         * shards have an initial x- and y-velocities, and die after 70 steps.
         * 
         * @param thing   A destroyed Brick to be animated.
         */
        animateBrickShards(thing: IBrick): void {
            var unitsize: number = thing.FSM.unitsize,
                shard: IBrickShard,
                left: number,
                top: number,
                i: number;

            for (i = 0; i < 4; i += 1) {
                left = thing.left + Number(i < 2) * thing.width * unitsize - unitsize * 2;
                top = thing.top + (i % 2) * thing.height * unitsize - unitsize * 2;

                shard = <IBrickShard>thing.FSM.addThing("BrickShard", left, top);
                shard.xvel = shard.speed = unitsize / 2 - unitsize * Number(i > 1);
                shard.yvel = unitsize * -1.4 + i % 2;

                thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(thing.FSM.killNormal, 70, shard);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Standard animation Function for Things emerging from a solid as contents.
         * They start at inside the solid, slowly move up, then moveSimple until 
         * they're off the solid, at which point they revert to their normal 
         * movement.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Character emerging from other.
         * @param other   A Solid that thing is emerging from.
         */
        animateEmerge(thing: ICharacter, other: ISolid): void {
            thing.nomove = thing.nocollide = thing.nofall = thing.alive = true;

            thing.FSM.flipHoriz(thing);
            thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Powerup Appears");
            thing.FSM.arraySwitch(
                thing,
                <IThing[]>thing.FSM.GroupHolder.getGroup("Character"),
                <IThing[]>thing.FSM.GroupHolder.getGroup("Scenery"));

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                function (): boolean {
                    thing.FSM.shiftVert(thing, thing.FSM.unitsize / -8);

                    // Only stop once the bottom has reached the solid's top
                    if (thing.bottom > other.top) {
                        return false;
                    }

                    thing.FSM.setBottom(thing, other.top);
                    thing.FSM.GroupHolder.switchMemberGroup(thing, "Scenery", "Character");
                    thing.nomove = thing.nocollide = thing.nofall = thing.moveleft = false;

                    if (thing.emergeOut) {
                        thing.emergeOut(thing, other);
                    }

                    // Wait for movement until moveSimple moves this off the solid
                    if (thing.movement) {
                        thing.movementOld = thing.movement;
                        thing.movement = thing.FSM.moveSimple;

                        thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                            function (): boolean {
                                if (thing.resting === other) {
                                    return false;
                                }

                                thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                                    function (): void {
                                        thing.movement = thing.movementOld;
                                    },
                                    1);

                                return true;
                            },
                            1,
                            Infinity);
                    }

                    return true;
                },
                1,
                Infinity);
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function for Coins emerging from (or being hit by) a solid. The
         * Coin switches to the Scenery group, rotates between animation classes, 
         * moves up then down then dies, plays the "Coin" sound, and increaes the
         * "coins" and "score" statistics.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Coin emerging from other.
         * @param other   A Solid thing is emerging from.
         */
        animateEmergeCoin(thing: ICoin, other: ISolid): void {
            thing.nocollide = thing.alive = thing.nofall = true;
            thing.yvel -= thing.FSM.unitsize;

            thing.FSM.switchClass(thing, "still", "anim");
            thing.FSM.GroupHolder.switchMemberGroup(thing, "Character", "Scenery");

            thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Coin");
            thing.FSM.ItemsHolder.increase("coins", 1);
            thing.FSM.ItemsHolder.increase("score", 200);

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.cancelClassCycle(thing, "0");
            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addClassCycle(
                thing,
                [
                    "anim1", "anim2", "anim3", "anim4", "anim3", "anim2"
                ],
                "0",
                5);

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                function (): boolean {
                    thing.FSM.moveCoinEmerge(thing, other);
                    return !thing.FSM.isThingAlive(thing);
                },
                1,
                Infinity);

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                function (): void {
                    thing.FSM.killNormal(thing);
                },
                49);

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                function (): void {
                    thing.yvel *= -1;
                },
                25);
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function for a Vine emerging from a solid. It continues to grow
         * as normal via moveVine for 700 steps, then has its movement erased to 
         * stop.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Vine emerging from other.
         * @param other   A Solid thing is emerging from.
         */
        animateEmergeVine(thing: IVine, solid: ISolid): void {
            // This allows the thing's movement to keep it on the solid
            thing.attachedSolid = solid;

            thing.FSM.setHeight(thing, 0);
            thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Vine Emerging");
            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                function (): void {
                    thing.nocollide = false;
                },
                14);

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                function (): void {
                    thing.movement = undefined;
                },
                700);
        }

        /**
         * Animates a "flicker" effect on a Thing by repeatedly toggling its hidden
         * flag for a little while.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Thing switching between hidden and visible.
         * @param cleartime   How long to wait to stop the effect (by default, 49).
         * @param interval   How many steps between hidden toggles (by default, 2).
         */
        animateFlicker(thing: IThing, cleartime?: number, interval?: number): void {
            cleartime = Math.round(cleartime) || 49;
            interval = Math.round(interval) || 2;

            thing.flickering = true;

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                function (): void {
                    thing.hidden = !thing.hidden;
                    thing.FSM.PixelDrawer.setThingSprite(thing);
                },
                interval,
                cleartime);

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                function (): void {
                    thing.flickering = thing.hidden = false;
                    thing.FSM.PixelDrawer.setThingSprite(thing);
                },
                cleartime * interval + 1);
        }

        /**
         * Animate Function for a HammerBro to throw a hammer. The HammerBro 
         * switches to the "throwing" class, waits and throws a few repeats, then
         * goes back to normal.
         * 
         * @param thing   A HammerBro throwing hammers.
         * @param count   How many times left there are to throw a hammer. If equal 
         *                to 3, a hammer will not be thrown (to mimic the pause in
         *                the original game).
         */
        animateThrowingHammer(thing: IHammerBro, count: number): boolean {
            if (!thing.FSM.isThingAlive(thing)) {
                return true;
            }

            if (
                thing.FSM.isThingAlive(thing.FSM.player)
                && thing.right >= thing.FSM.unitsize * -32
                && count !== 3
            ) {
                thing.FSM.switchClass(thing, "thrown", "throwing");
            }

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                function (): void {
                    if (!thing.FSM.isThingAlive(thing)) {
                        return;
                    }

                    // Schedule the next animateThrowingHammer call
                    if (count > 0) {
                        thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                            thing.FSM.animateThrowingHammer,
                            7, thing, count - 1
                        );
                    } else {
                        thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                            thing.FSM.animateThrowingHammer,
                            70, thing, 7
                        );
                        thing.FSM.removeClass(thing, "thrown");
                    }

                    // Don't throw if a Player is dead, or this is too far to the left
                    if (!thing.FSM.isThingAlive(thing.FSM.player) || thing.right < thing.FSM.unitsize * -32) {
                        thing.FSM.switchClass(thing, "throwing", "thrown");
                        return;
                    }

                    // Don't throw in the third iteration (makes a gap in the hammers)
                    if (count === 3) {
                        return;
                    }

                    // Throw by creating a hammer and visually updating
                    thing.FSM.switchClass(thing, "throwing", "thrown");
                    thing.FSM.addThing(
                        ["Hammer", {
                            "xvel": thing.lookleft
                                ? thing.FSM.unitsize / -1.4
                                : thing.FSM.unitsize / 1.4,
                            "yvel": thing.FSM.unitsize * -1.4,
                            "gravity": thing.FSM.MapScreener.gravity / 2.1
                        }],
                        thing.left - thing.FSM.unitsize * 2,
                        thing.top - thing.FSM.unitsize * 2
                    );
                },
                14);

            return false;
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function for when Bowser jumps. This will only trigger if he is
         * facing left and a player exists. If either Bowser or a Player die, it
         * is cancelled. He is given a negative yvel to jump, and the nocollidesolid
         * flag is enabled as long as he is rising.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Bowser about to jump.
         * @returns Whether to stop the event interval occasionally triggering this.
         */
        animateBowserJump(thing: IBowser): boolean {
            if (!thing.lookleft || !thing.FSM.isThingAlive(thing.FSM.player)) {
                return false;
            }

            if (!thing.FSM.isThingAlive(thing)) {
                return true;
            }

            thing.resting = undefined;
            thing.yvel = thing.FSM.unitsize * -1.4;

            // If there is a platform, don't bump into it
            thing.nocollidesolid = true;
            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                function (): boolean {
                    if (thing.dead || thing.yvel > thing.FSM.unitsize) {
                        thing.nocollidesolid = false;
                        return true;
                    }
                    return false;
                },
                3,
                Infinity);

            return false;
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function for when Bowser fires. This will only trigger if he is
         * facing left and a player exists. If either Bowser or a Player die, it
         * is cancelled. His mouth is closed and an animateBowserFireOpen call is
         * scheduled to complete the animation.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Bowser about to fire.
         * @returns Whether to stop the event interval occasionally triggering this.
         */
        animateBowserFire(thing: IBowser): boolean {
            if (!thing.lookleft || !thing.FSM.isThingAlive(thing.FSM.player)) {
                return false;
            }

            if (!thing.FSM.isThingAlive(thing)) {
                return true;
            }

            // Close the mouth
            thing.FSM.addClass(thing, "firing");
            thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.playLocal("Bowser Fires", thing.left);

            // After a bit, re-open and fire
            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(thing.FSM.animateBowserFireOpen, 14, thing);

            return false;
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function for when Bowser actually fires. A BowserFire Thing is
         * placed at his mouth, given a (rounded to unitsize * 8) destination y, and
         * sent firing to a Player.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Bowser opening its mouth.
         * @returns Whether to stop the event interval occasionally triggering this.
         */
        animateBowserFireOpen(thing: IBowser): boolean {
            var unitsize: number = thing.FSM.unitsize,
                ylev: number = Math.max(
                    -thing.height * unitsize,
                    Math.round(thing.FSM.player.bottom / (unitsize * 8))
                    * unitsize * 8);

            if (!thing.FSM.isThingAlive(thing)) {
                return true;
            }

            thing.FSM.removeClass(thing, "firing");
            thing.FSM.addThing(
                ["BowserFire", {
                    "ylev": ylev
                }],
                thing.left - thing.FSM.unitsize * 8,
                thing.top + thing.FSM.unitsize * 4
            );

            return false;
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function for when Bowser throws a Hammer. It's similar to a
         * HammerBro, but the hammer appears on top of Bowser for a few steps
         * before being thrown in the direction Bowser is facing (though it will
         * only be added if facing left).
         * 
         * @param thing   A Bowser about to throw a hammer.
         * @returns Whether to stop the event interval occasionally triggering this.
         */
        animateBowserThrow(thing: IBowser): boolean {
            if (!thing.lookleft || !thing.FSM.player || !thing.FSM.isThingAlive(thing.FSM.player)) {
                return false;
            }

            if (!thing.FSM.isThingAlive(thing)) {
                return true;
            }

            var hammer: IThing = <IThing>thing.FSM.addThing(
                "Hammer",
                thing.left + thing.FSM.unitsize * 2,
                thing.top - thing.FSM.unitsize * 2);

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                function (): boolean {
                    if (!thing.FSM.isThingAlive(thing)) {
                        thing.FSM.killNormal(hammer);
                        return true;
                    }

                    thing.FSM.setTop(
                        hammer, thing.top - thing.FSM.unitsize * 2
                    );
                    if (thing.lookleft) {
                        thing.FSM.setLeft(
                            hammer,
                            thing.left + thing.FSM.unitsize * 2
                        );
                    } else {
                        thing.FSM.setLeft(
                            hammer,
                            thing.right - thing.FSM.unitsize * 2
                        );
                    }

                    return true;
                },
                1,
                14);

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                function (): void {
                    hammer.xvel = thing.FSM.unitsize * 1.17;
                    hammer.yvel = thing.FSM.unitsize * -2.1;
                    // hammer.gravity = thing.FSM.MapScreener.gravity / 1.4;
                    if (thing.lookleft) {
                        hammer.xvel *= -1;
                    }
                },
                14);

            return false;
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function for when Bowser freezes upon a Player hitting a 
         * CastleAxe. Velocity and movement are paused, and the Bowser is added to
         * the current cutscene's settings.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Bowser that has just been killed.
         * @remarks This is triggered as Bowser's killonend property.
         */
        animateBowserFreeze(thing: IBowser): void {
            thing.nofall = true;
            thing.nothrow = true;
            thing.movement = undefined;
            thing.dead = true;
            thing.FSM.animateCharacterPauseVelocity(thing);

            thing.FSM.ScenePlayer.addCutsceneSetting("bowser", thing);
            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                function (): void {
                    thing.nofall = false;
                },
                70);
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function for a standard jump, such as what HammerBros do. The
         * jump may be in either up or down, chosen at random by the NumberMaker.
         * Steps are taken to ensure the Thing does not collide at improper points
         * during the jump.
         * 
         * @param thing   A HammerBro about to jump.
         * @returns Whether to stop the event interval occasionally triggering this.
         */
        animateJump(thing: IHammerBro): boolean {
            // Finish
            if (!thing.FSM.isThingAlive(thing) || !thing.FSM.isThingAlive(thing.FSM.player)) {
                return true;
            }

            // Skip
            if (!thing.resting) {
                return false;
            }

            // Jump up?
            if (
                thing.FSM.MapScreener.floor - (thing.bottom / thing.FSM.unitsize) >= 30
                && thing.resting.title !== "Floor"
                && thing.FSM.NumberMaker.randomBoolean()
            ) {
                thing.falling = true;
                thing.yvel = thing.FSM.unitsize * -.7;
                thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                    function (): void {
                        thing.falling = false;
                    },
                    42);
            } else {
                // Jump down
                thing.nocollidesolid = true;
                thing.yvel = thing.FSM.unitsize * -2.1;
                thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                    function (): void {
                        thing.nocollidesolid = false;
                    },
                    42);
            }

            thing.resting = undefined;

            return false;
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function for Bloopers starting to "unsqueeze". The "squeeze"
         * class is removed, their height is reset to 12, and their counter reset.
         * 
         * @param thing   An unsqueezing Blooper.
         */
        animateBlooperUnsqueezing(thing: IBlooper): void {
            thing.counter = 0;
            thing.squeeze = 0;

            thing.FSM.removeClass(thing, "squeeze");
            thing.FSM.setHeight(thing, 12, true, true);
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function for Podoboos jumping up. Their top is recorded and a 
         * large negative yvel is given; after the jumpheight number of steps, they
         * fall back down.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Podoboo jumping up.
         */
        animatePodobooJumpUp(thing: IPodoboo): void {
            thing.starty = thing.top;
            thing.yvel = thing.speed * -1;

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                thing.FSM.animatePodobooJumpDown,
                thing.jumpHeight,
                thing);
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function for when a Podoboo needs to stop jumping. It obtains 
         * the movePodobooFalling movement to track its descent.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Podoboo jumping down.
         */
        animatePodobooJumpDown(thing: IPodoboo): void {
            thing.movement = thing.FSM.movePodobooFalling;
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function for a Lakitu throwing a SpinyEgg. The Lakitu hides
         * behind its cloud ("hiding" class), waits 21 steps, then throws an egg up
         * and comes out of "hiding".
         * 
         * @param thing   A Lakitu throwing a Spiny.
         * @returns Whether to stop the event interval occasionally triggering this.
         */
        animateLakituThrowingSpiny(thing: ILakitu): boolean {
            if (thing.fleeing || !thing.FSM.isThingAlive(thing)) {
                return true;
            }

            thing.FSM.switchClass(thing, "out", "hiding");
            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                function (): void {
                    if (thing.dead) {
                        return;
                    }

                    var spawn: ISpinyEgg = <ISpinyEgg>thing.FSM.addThing("SpinyEgg", thing.left, thing.top);
                    spawn.yvel = thing.FSM.unitsize * -2.1;
                    thing.FSM.switchClass(thing, "hiding", "out");
                },
                21);
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function for when a SpinyEgg hits the ground. The SpinyEgg is
         * killed and a Spiny is put in its place, moving towards a Player.
         * 
         * @param thing   A SpinyEgg hatching into a Spiny.
         */
        animateSpinyEggHatching(thing: ISpinyEgg): void {
            if (!thing.FSM.isThingAlive(thing)) {
                return;
            }

            var spawn: ISpiny = <ISpiny>thing.FSM.addThing("Spiny", thing.left, thing.top - thing.yvel);
            spawn.moveleft = thing.FSM.objectToLeft(thing.FSM.player, spawn);
            thing.FSM.killNormal(thing);
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function for when a Fireball emerges from a Player. All that
         * happens is the "Fireball" sound plays.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Fireball emerging from a Player.
         */
        animateFireballEmerge(thing: IFireball): void {
            thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Fireball");
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function for when a Fireball explodes. It is deleted and, 
         * unless big is === 2 (as this is used as a kill Function), a Firework is
         * put in its place.
         * 
         * @param thing   An exploding Fireball.
         * @param big   The "level" of death this is (a 2 implies this is a sudden 
         *              death, without animations).
         */
        animateFireballExplode(thing: IFireball, big?: number): void {
            thing.nocollide = true;
            thing.FSM.killNormal(thing);
            if (big === 2) {
                return;
            }

            var output: IFirework = <IFirework>thing.FSM.addThing("Firework");
            thing.FSM.setMidXObj(output, thing);
            thing.FSM.setMidYObj(output, thing);
            output.animate(output);
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function for a Firework, triggered immediately upon spawning.
         * The Firework cycles between "n1" through "n3", then dies.
         * 
         * @param thing   An exploding Firework.
         */
        animateFirework(thing: IFirework): void {
            var name: string = thing.className + " n",
                i: number;

            for (i = 0; i < 3; i += 1) {
                thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                    function (i: number): void {
                        thing.FSM.setClass(thing, name + (i + 1).toString());
                    },
                    i * 7,
                    i);
            }

            thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Firework");

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                function (): void {
                    thing.FSM.killNormal(thing);
                },
                i * 7);
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function for a Cannon outputting a BulletBill. This will only
         * happen if the Cannon isn't within 8 units of a Player. The spawn flies
         * at a constant rate towards a Player.
         * 
         * @param thing   A firing Cannon.
         */
        animateCannonFiring(thing: ICannon): void {
            if (!thing.FSM.isThingAlive(thing)) {
                return;
            }

            // Don't fire if Player is too close
            if (
                thing.FSM.player.right > (thing.left - thing.FSM.unitsize * 8)
                && thing.FSM.player.left < (thing.right + thing.FSM.unitsize * 8)
            ) {
                return;
            }

            var spawn: IBulletBill = thing.FSM.ObjectMaker.make("BulletBill");

            if (thing.FSM.objectToLeft(thing.FSM.player, thing)) {
                spawn.direction = 1;
                spawn.moveleft = true;
                spawn.xvel *= -1;
                thing.FSM.flipHoriz(spawn);
                thing.FSM.addThing(spawn, thing.left, thing.top);
            } else {
                thing.FSM.addThing(spawn, thing.left + thing.width, thing.top);
            }

            thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.playLocal("Bump", thing.right);
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function for a fiery player throwing a Fireball. A player may
         * only do so if fewer than 2 other thrown Fireballs exist. A new Fireball
         * is created in front of where a Player is facing and are sent bouncing
         * away.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player throwing a fireball.
         */
        animatePlayerFire(thing: IPlayer): void {
            if (thing.numballs >= 2) {
                return;
            }

            var xloc: number = thing.moveleft
                ? (thing.left - thing.FSM.unitsize / 4)
                : (thing.right + thing.FSM.unitsize / 4),
                ball: IFireball = thing.FSM.ObjectMaker.make("Fireball", {
                    "moveleft": thing.moveleft,
                    "speed": thing.FSM.unitsize * 1.75,
                    "jumpheight": thing.FSM.unitsize * 1.56,
                    "gravity": thing.FSM.MapScreener.gravity * 1.56,
                    "yvel": thing.FSM.unitsize,
                    "movement": thing.FSM.moveJumping
                });

            thing.FSM.addThing(ball, xloc, thing.top + thing.FSM.unitsize * 8);
            ball.animate(ball);
            ball.onDelete = function (): void {
                thing.numballs -= 1;
            };

            thing.numballs += 1;
            thing.FSM.addClass(thing, "firing");

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                function (): void {
                    thing.FSM.removeClass(thing, "firing");
                },
                7);
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function that regularly spings CastleFireballs around their
         * parent CastleBlock. The CastleBlock's location and angle determine the
         * location of each CastleFireball, and its dt and direction determine how
         * the angle is changed for the next call.
         * 
         * @param thing   A CastleBlock with CastleFireballs around it.
         * @param balls   CastleFireballs rotating from thing's center.
         */
        animateCastleBlock(thing: ICastleBlock, balls: ICastleFireball[]): void {
            var midx: number = thing.EightBitter.getMidX(thing),
                midy: number = thing.EightBitter.getMidY(thing),
                ax: number = Math.cos(thing.angle * Math.PI) * thing.FSM.unitsize * 4,
                ay: number = Math.sin(thing.angle * Math.PI) * thing.FSM.unitsize * 4,
                i: number;

            for (i = 0; i < balls.length; i += 1) {
                thing.FSM.setMidX(balls[i], midx + ax * i);
                thing.FSM.setMidY(balls[i], midy + ay * i);
            }

            thing.angle += thing.dt * thing.direction;
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function to close a CastleBridge when a Player triggers its
         * killonend after hitting the CastleAxe in EndInsideCastle. Its width is
         * reduced repeatedly on an interval until it's 0.
         * 
         * @param thing   A CastleBridge opening from a CastleAxe's trigger.
         * @remarks This is triggered as the killonend property of the bridge.
         */
        animateCastleBridgeOpen(thing: ISolid): void {
            thing.FSM.ScenePlayer.playRoutine("CastleBridgeOpen", thing);
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function for when a CastleChain opens, which just delays a
         * killNormal call for 7 steps.
         * 
         * @param thing   A CastleChain opening from a CastleAxe's trigger.
         * @remarks This is triggered as the killonend property of the chain.
         */
        animateCastleChainOpen(thing: ISolid): void {
            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(thing.FSM.killNormal, 3, thing);
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function for when a Player paddles underwater. Any previous
         * Any previous paddling classes and cycle are removed, and a new one is 
         * added that, when it finishes, remnoves a Player's paddlingCycle as 
         * well.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player paddling in water.
         */
        animatePlayerPaddling(thing: IPlayer): void {
            if (!thing.paddlingCycle) {
                thing.FSM.removeClasses(
                    thing, "skidding paddle1 paddle2 paddle3 paddle4 paddle5"
                );
                thing.FSM.addClass(thing, "paddling");
                thing.FSM.TimeHandler.cancelClassCycle(thing, "paddlingCycle");
                thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addClassCycle(
                    thing,
                    [
                        "paddle1", "paddle2", "paddle3", "paddle2", "paddle1",
                        (): boolean => thing.paddlingCycle = false
                    ],
                    "paddlingCycle",
                    7);
            }
            thing.paddling = thing.paddlingCycle = thing.swimming = true;
            thing.yvel = thing.FSM.unitsize * -.84;
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function for when a player lands to reset size and remove 
         * hopping (and if underwater, paddling) classes. The mod event is fired.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player landing on a Solid.
         */
        animatePlayerLanding(thing: IPlayer): void {
            if (thing.crouching && thing.power > 1) {
                thing.FSM.setHeight(thing, 11, true, true);
            }

            if (thing.FSM.hasClass(thing, "hopping")) {
                thing.FSM.switchClass(thing, "hopping", "jumping");
            }

            if (thing.FSM.MapScreener.underwater) {
                thing.FSM.removeClass(thing, "paddling");
            }

            thing.FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onPlayerLanding", thing, thing.resting);
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function for when a Player moves off a resting solid. It
         * sets resting to undefined, and if underwater, switches the "running" and
         * "paddling" classes.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player moving off a resting Solid.
         */
        animatePlayerRestingOff(thing: IPlayer): void {
            thing.resting = undefined;
            if (thing.FSM.MapScreener.underwater) {
                thing.FSM.switchClass(thing, "running", "paddling");
            }
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function for when a player breathes a underwater. This creates
         * a Bubble, which slowly rises to the top of the screen.
         * 
         * @param thing   An underwater Player.
         */
        animatePlayerBubbling(thing: IPlayer): void {
            thing.FSM.addThing("Bubble", thing.right, thing.top);
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function to give a Player a cycle of running classes. The 
         * cycle auto-updates its time as a function of how fast a Player is 
         * moving relative to its maximum speed.
         * 
         * @param thing   A running player.
         */
        animatePlayerRunningCycle(thing: IPlayer): void {
            thing.FSM.switchClass(thing, "still", "running");

            (<any>thing).running = thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addClassCycle(
                thing,
                [
                    "one", "two", "three", "two"
                ],
                "running",
                function (): number {
                    return 5 + Math.ceil(thing.maxspeedsave - Math.abs(thing.xvel));
                });
        }

        /**
         * Completely pauses a Thing by setting its velocities to zero and disabling
         * it from falling, colliding, or moving. Its old attributes for those are
         * saved so thingResumeVelocity may restore them.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Character being forzen in place.
         * @param keepMovement   Whether to keep movement instead of wiping it
         *                       (by default, false).
         */
        animateCharacterPauseVelocity(thing: ICharacter, keepMovement?: boolean): void {
            thing.xvelOld = thing.xvel || 0;
            thing.yvelOld = thing.yvel || 0;

            thing.nofallOld = thing.nofall || false;
            thing.nocollideOld = thing.nocollide || false;
            thing.movementOld = thing.movement || thing.movementOld;

            thing.nofall = thing.nocollide = true;
            thing.xvel = thing.yvel = 0;

            if (!keepMovement) {
                thing.movement = undefined;
            }
        }

        /**
         * Resumes a Thing's velocity and movements after they were paused by
         * thingPauseVelocity.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Character being unfrozen.
         * @param noVelocity   Whether to skip restoring the Thing's velocity
         *                     (by default, false).
         */
        animateCharacterResumeVelocity(thing: ICharacter, noVelocity?: boolean): void {
            if (!noVelocity) {
                thing.xvel = thing.xvelOld || 0;
                thing.yvel = thing.yvelOld || 0;
            }

            thing.movement = thing.movementOld || thing.movement;
            thing.nofall = thing.nofallOld || false;
            thing.nocollide = thing.nocollideOld || false;
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function for when a player hops on an enemy. Resting is set to
         * undefined, and a small vertical yvel is given.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Character hopping up.
         */
        animateCharacterHop(thing: ICharacter): void {
            thing.resting = undefined;
            thing.yvel = thing.FSM.unitsize * -1.4;
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function to start a player transferring through a Pipe. This is
         * generic for entrances and exists horizontally and vertically: movement
         * and velocities are frozen, size is reset, and the piping flag enabled. 
         * a Player is also moved into the Scenery group to be behind the Pipe.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player entering a Pipe.
         */
        animatePlayerPipingStart(thing: IPlayer): void {
            thing.nocollide = thing.nofall = thing.piping = true;
            thing.xvel = thing.yvel = 0;
            thing.movementOld = thing.movement;
            thing.movement = undefined;

            if (thing.power > 1) {
                thing.FSM.animatePlayerRemoveCrouch(thing);
                thing.FSM.setPlayerSizeLarge(thing);
            } else {
                thing.FSM.setPlayerSizeSmall(thing);
            }
            thing.FSM.removeClasses(thing, "jumping running crouching");

            thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.clearTheme();
            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.cancelAllCycles(thing);
            thing.FSM.GroupHolder.switchMemberGroup(thing, "Character", "Scenery");
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function for when a player is done passing through a Pipe. This
         * is abstracted for exits both horizontally and vertically, typically after
         * an area has just been entered.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player completing a pass through a Pipe.
         */
        animatePlayerPipingEnd(thing: IPlayer): void {
            thing.movement = thing.movementOld;
            thing.nocollide = thing.nofall = thing.piping = false;

            thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.resumeTheme();
            thing.FSM.GroupHolder.switchMemberGroup(thing, "Scenery", "Character");
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function for when a player is hopping off a pole. It hops off
         * and faces the opposite direction.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player moving a way from a pole.
         * @param doRun   Whether a Player should have a running cycle added
         *                added immediately, such as during cutscenes (by
         *                default, false).
         */
        animatePlayerOffPole(thing: IPlayer, doRun?: boolean): void {
            thing.FSM.removeClasses(thing, "climbing running");
            thing.FSM.addClass(thing, "jumping");

            thing.xvel = 1.4;
            thing.yvel = -.7;
            thing.nocollide = thing.nofall = false;
            thing.gravity = thing.FSM.MapScreener.gravity / 14;

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                function (): void {
                    thing.movement = thing.FSM.movePlayer;
                    thing.gravity = thing.FSM.MapScreener.gravity;

                    thing.FSM.unflipHoriz(thing);

                    if (doRun) {
                        thing.FSM.animatePlayerRunningCycle(thing);
                    }
                },
                21);
        }

        /**
         * Animation Function for when a player must hop off a Vine during an area's
         * opening cutscene. A player switches sides, waits 14 steps, then calls
         * animatePlayerOffPole.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player moving away from a Vine.
         */
        animatePlayerOffVine(thing: IPlayer): void {
            thing.FSM.flipHoriz(thing);
            thing.FSM.shiftHoriz(
                thing,
                (thing.width - 1) * thing.FSM.unitsize
            );

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(thing.FSM.animatePlayerOffPole, 14, thing);
        }


        /* Appearance utilities
        */

        /**
         * Makes one Thing look towards another, chainging lookleft and moveleft in
         * the process.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Character looking towards other.
         * @param other   A Thing being looked at by thing.
         */
        lookTowardsThing(thing: ICharacter, other: IThing): void {
            // Case: other is to the left
            if (other.right <= thing.left) {
                thing.lookleft = true;
                thing.moveleft = true;
                thing.FSM.unflipHoriz(thing);
            } else if (other.left >= thing.right) {
                // Case: other is to the right
                thing.lookleft = false;
                thing.moveleft = false;
                thing.FSM.flipHoriz(thing);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Makes one Thing look towards a Player, chainging lookleft and moveleft 
         * in the process.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Character looking towards the Player.
         * @param big   Whether to always change lookleft and moveleft,
         *              even if lookleft is already accurate (by 
         *              default, false).
         */
        lookTowardsPlayer(thing: ICharacter, big?: boolean): void {
            // Case: Player is to the left
            if (thing.FSM.player.right <= thing.left) {
                if (!thing.lookleft || big) {
                    thing.lookleft = true;
                    thing.moveleft = false;
                    thing.FSM.unflipHoriz(thing);
                }
            } else if (thing.FSM.player.left >= thing.right) {
                // Case: Player is to the right
                if (thing.lookleft || big) {
                    thing.lookleft = false;
                    thing.moveleft = true;
                    thing.FSM.flipHoriz(thing);
                }
            }
        }


        /* Death functions
        */

        /**
         * Standard Function to kill a Thing, which means marking it as dead and
         * clearing its numquads, resting, movement, and cycles. It will later be
         * marked as gone by its maintain* Function (Solids or Characters).
         * 
         * @param thing   A Thing to kill.
         */
        killNormal(thing: IThing): void {
            if (!thing) {
                return;
            }

            thing.hidden = thing.dead = true;
            thing.alive = false;
            thing.numquads = 0;
            thing.movement = undefined;

            if (this.hasOwnProperty("resting")) {
                (<ICharacter>thing).resting = undefined;
            }

            if (thing.FSM) {
                thing.FSM.TimeHandler.cancelAllCycles(thing);
            }

            thing.FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onKillNormal", thing);
        }

        /**
         * Death Function commonly called on characters to animate a small flip
         * before killNormal is called.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Thing to kill.
         * @param extra   How much time to wait beyond the standard 70 steps 
         *                before calling killNormal (by default, 0).
         */
        killFlip(thing: ICharacter, extra: number = 0): void {
            thing.FSM.flipVert(thing);

            if ((<any>thing).bottomBump) {
                (<any>thing).bottomBump = undefined;
            }

            thing.nocollide = thing.dead = true;
            thing.speed = thing.xvel = 0;
            thing.nofall = false;
            thing.resting = thing.movement = undefined;
            thing.yvel = -thing.FSM.unitsize;
            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                thing.FSM.killNormal, 70 + extra, thing);
        }

        /**
         * Kill Function to replace a Thing with a spawned Thing, determined by the
         * thing's spawnType, in the same location.
         * 
         * @param thing    A Thing to kill.
         * @param big   Whether this should skip creating the spawn (by default,
         *              false).
         */
        killSpawn(thing: ICharacter, big?: boolean): IThing {
            if (big) {
                thing.FSM.killNormal(thing);
                return;
            }

            if (!thing.spawnType) {
                throw new Error("Thing " + thing.title + " has no .spawnType.");
            }

            var spawn: IThing = thing.FSM.ObjectMaker.make(
                thing.spawnType,
                thing.spawnSettings || {});
            thing.FSM.addThing(spawn);
            thing.FSM.setBottom(spawn, thing.bottom);
            thing.FSM.setMidXObj(spawn, thing);

            thing.FSM.killNormal(thing);

            return spawn;
        }

        /**
         * A kill Function similar to killSpawn but more configurable. A spawned 
         * Thing is created with the given attributes and copies over any specified
         * attributes from the original Thing.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Thing to kill.
         * @param title   The type of new Thing to create, such as "Goomba".
         * @param attributes   An optional object to pass in to the ObjectMaker.make
         *                     call (by default, {}).
         * @param attributesCopied   An optional listing of attributes to copy from 
         *                           the original Thing (by default, none).
         */
        killReplace(thing: IThing, title: string, attributes: any = {}, attributesCopied?: string[]): IThing {
            var spawn: IThing,
                i: number;

            if (typeof attributesCopied !== "undefined") {
                for (i = 0; i < attributesCopied.length; i += 1) {
                    attributes[attributesCopied[i]] = thing[attributesCopied[i]];
                }
            }

            spawn = thing.FSM.ObjectMaker.make(title, attributes);

            if (thing.flipHoriz) {
                thing.FSM.flipHoriz(spawn);
            }

            if (thing.flipVert) {
                thing.FSM.flipVert(spawn);
            }

            thing.FSM.addThing(spawn, thing.left, thing.top);
            thing.FSM.killNormal(thing);

            return spawn;
        }

        /**
         * Kill Function for Goombas. If big isn't specified, it replaces the 
         * killed Goomba with a DeadGoomba via killSpawn.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Goomba to kill.
         * @param big   Whether to call killFlip on the Thing instead of
         *              killSpawn, such as when a Shell hits it.
         */
        killGoomba(thing: IGoomba, big?: boolean): void {
            if (big) {
                thing.FSM.killFlip(thing);
                return;
            }

            thing.FSM.killSpawn(thing);
        }

        /**
         * Kill Function for Koopas. Jumping and floating Koopas are replacing with
         * an equivalent Koopa that's just walking, while walking Koopas become
         * Shells.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Koopa to kill.
         * @param big   Whether shells should be immediately killed.
         * @remarks This isn't called when a Shell hits a Koopa.
         */
        killKoopa(thing: IKoopa, big?: boolean): ICharacter {
            var spawn: ICharacter;

            if (thing.jumping || thing.floating) {
                spawn = <ICharacter>thing.FSM.killReplace(
                    thing, "Koopa", undefined, ["smart", "direction", "moveleft"]
                );
                spawn.xvel = spawn.moveleft ? -spawn.speed : spawn.speed;
            } else {
                spawn = thing.FSM.killToShell(thing, Number(big));
            }

            return spawn;
        }

        /**
         * Kill Function for Lakitus. If this is the last Lakitu in Characters,
         * a new one is scheduled to be spawned at the same y-position.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Lakitu to kill.
         */
        killLakitu(thing: ILakitu): void {
            var characters: ICharacter[] = <ICharacter[]>thing.FSM.GroupHolder.getGroup("Character"),
                i: number;

            thing.FSM.killFlip(thing);
            thing.FSM.MapScreener.lakitu = undefined;

            // If any other Lakitu exists after killNormal, killLakitu is done
            for (i = 0; i < characters.length; i += 1) {
                if (characters[i].title === "Lakitu") {
                    thing.FSM.MapScreener.lakitu = <ILakitu>characters[i];
                    return;
                }
            }

            // The next Lakitu is spawned ~5 seconds later, give or take
            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                thing.FSM.addThing.bind(thing.FSM),
                350,
                "Lakitu",
                thing.FSM.MapScreener.right,
                thing.top);
        }

        /**
         * Kill Function for Bowsers. In reality this is only called when a Player
         * Fireballs him or all NPCs are to be killed. It takes five Fireballs to 
         * killFlip a Bowser, which scores 5000 points.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Bowser to kill.
         * @param big   Whether this should default to killFlip, as in an
         *              EndInsideCastle cutscene.
         */
        killBowser(thing: IBowser, big?: boolean): void {
            if (big) {
                thing.nofall = false;
                thing.movement = undefined;
                thing.FSM.killFlip(<any>thing.FSM.killSpawn(thing));
                return;
            }

            thing.deathcount += 1;
            if (thing.deathcount === 5) {
                thing.yvel = thing.speed = 0;
                thing.movement = undefined;
                thing.FSM.killFlip(<any>thing.FSM.killSpawn(thing), 350);
                thing.FSM.scoreOn(5000, thing);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Kills a Thing by replacing it with another Thing, typically a Shell or
         * BeetleShell (determined by thing.shelltype). The spawn inherits smartness
         * and location from its parent, and is temporarily given nocollidechar to
         * stop double collision detections.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Character to kill.
         * @param big   Whether the spawned Shell should be killed
         *              immediately (by default, false).
         */
        killToShell(thing: ICharacter, big?: number): IShell {
            var spawn: IShell,
                nocollidecharold: boolean,
                nocollideplayerold: boolean;

            thing.spawnSettings = {
                "smart": thing.smart
            };

            if (big && big !== 2) {
                thing.spawnType = thing.title;
            } else {
                thing.spawnType = thing.shelltype || "Shell";
            }

            thing.spawnSettings = {
                "smart": thing.smart
            };

            spawn = <IShell>thing.FSM.killSpawn(thing);
            nocollidecharold = spawn.nocollidechar;
            nocollideplayerold = spawn.nocollideplayer;
            spawn.nocollidechar = true;
            spawn.nocollideplayer = true;

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                function (): void {
                    spawn.nocollidechar = nocollidecharold;
                    spawn.nocollideplayer = nocollideplayerold;
                },
                7);

            thing.FSM.killNormal(thing);

            if (big === 2) {
                thing.FSM.killFlip(spawn);
            }

            return spawn;
        }

        /**
         * Wipes the screen of any characters or solids that should be gone during
         * an important cutscene, such as hitting an end-of-level flag.
         * For characters, they're deleted if .nokillonend isn't truthy. If they
         * have a .killonend function, that's called on them.
         * Solids are only deleted if their .killonend is true.
         * 
         * @remarks If thing.killonend is a Function, it is called on the Thing.
         */
        killNPCs(): void {
            var FSM: FullScreenMario = FullScreenMario.prototype.ensureCorrectCaller(this),
                group: IThing[],
                character: ICharacter,
                solid: ISolid,
                i: number;

            // Characters: they must opt out of being killed with .nokillonend, and
            // may opt into having a function called instead (such as Lakitus).
            group = <ICharacter[]>FSM.GroupHolder.getGroup("Character");
            for (i = group.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
                character = <ICharacter>group[i];

                if (!character.nokillend) {
                    character.FSM.killNormal(character);
                    character.FSM.arrayDeleteThing(character, group, i);
                } else if (character.killonend) {
                    character.killonend(character);
                }
            }

            // Solids: they may opt into being deleted
            group = <ISolid[]>FSM.GroupHolder.getGroup("Solid");
            for (i = group.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
                solid = <ISolid>group[i];

                if (solid.killonend) {
                    if (solid.killonend.constructor === Function) {
                        (<any>solid.killonend)(solid, group, i);
                    } else {
                        solid.FSM.arrayDeleteThing(solid, group, i);
                    }
                }
            }
        }

        /**
         * Kill Function for Bricks. The Brick is killed an an animateBrickShards
         * animation is timed. If other is provided, it's also marked as the Brick's
         * up, which will kill colliding characters: this works because 
         * maintainSolids happens before maintainCharacters, so the killNormal won't
         * come into play until after the next maintainCharacters call.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Brick to kill.
         * @param other   An optional Character to mark as the cause of the 
         *                Brick's death (its up attribute). 
         */
        killBrick(thing: IBrick, other?: ICharacter): void {
            thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Break Block");
            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                thing.FSM.animateBrickShards, 1, thing
            );
            thing.FSM.killNormal(thing);

            if (other instanceof thing.FSM.ObjectMaker.getFunction("Thing")) {
                thing.up = other;
            } else {
                thing.up = undefined;
            }
        }

        /**
         * Kill Function for a Player. It's big and complicated, but in general...
         * 1. If big === 2, just kill it altogether
         * 2. If a Player is large and big isn't true, just power down a Player.
         * 3. A player can't survive this, so animate the "shrug" class and an
         *    up-then-down movement. 
         * At the end of 1. and 3., decrease the "lives" and "power" statistics and
         * call the equivalent onPlayerDeath or onGameOver callbacks, depending on
         * how many lives are left. The mod event is also fired.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player to kill.
         * @param big   The severity of this death: 0 for normal, 1 for not
         *              survivable, or 2 for immediate death.
         */
        killPlayer(thing: IPlayer, big?: number): void {
            if (!thing.alive || thing.flickering || thing.dieing) {
                return;
            }

            var FSM: IFullScreenMario = thing.FSM,
                area: IArea = <IArea>thing.FSM.AreaSpawner.getArea();

            // Large big: real, no-animation death
            if (big === 2) {
                thing.dead = thing.dieing = true;
                thing.alive = false;
                FSM.MapScreener.notime = true;
            } else {
                // Regular big: regular (enemy, time, etc.) kill
                // If a Player can survive this, just power down
                if (!big && thing.power > 1) {
                    thing.power = 1;
                    FSM.ItemsHolder.setItem("power", 1);
                    FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Power Down");
                    FSM.playerGetsSmall(thing);
                    return;
                } else {
                    // a Player can't survive this: animate a death
                    thing.dieing = true;

                    FSM.setSize(thing, 7.5, 7, true);
                    FSM.updateSize(thing);
                    FSM.setClass(thing, "character player dead");
                    FSM.animateCharacterPauseVelocity(thing);
                    FSM.arrayToEnd(
                        thing, <any[]>FSM.GroupHolder.getGroup(thing.groupType));

                    FSM.MapScreener.notime = true;
                    FSM.MapScreener.nokeys = true;

                    FSM.TimeHandler.cancelAllCycles(thing);
                    FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                        function (): void {
                            FSM.animateCharacterResumeVelocity(thing, true);
                            thing.nocollide = true;
                            thing.movement = thing.resting = undefined;
                            thing.gravity = FSM.MapScreener.gravity / 2.1;
                            thing.yvel = FullScreenMario.unitsize * -1.4;
                        },
                        7);
                }
            }

            thing.nocollide = thing.nomove = thing.dead = true;
            FSM.MapScreener.nokeys = true;
            FSM.AudioPlayer.clearAll();
            FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Player Dies");
            FSM.ItemsHolder.decrease("lives");
            FSM.ItemsHolder.setItem("power", 1);

            if (FSM.ItemsHolder.getItem("lives") > 0) {
                FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                    area.onPlayerDeath.bind(FSM),
                    area.onPlayerDeathTimeout,
                    FSM
                );
            } else {
                FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                    area.onGameOver.bind(FSM),
                    area.onGameOverTimeout,
                    FSM);
            }
        }


        /* Scoring
        */

        /**
         * Determines how many points should be gained from a number of consecutive
         * enemy deaths (such as via hops or shells).
         * 
         * @param level   How many deaths have happened.
         * @returns How many points should be gained (or 0, for having gained a life).
         */
        findScore(level: number): number {
            var FSM: FullScreenMario = FullScreenMario.prototype.ensureCorrectCaller(this);

            if (level < FSM.pointLevels.length) {
                return FSM.pointLevels[level];
            }

            FSM.gainLife(1);
            return 0;
        }

        /**
         * Driver function to score some number of points for a Player and show
         * the gains via an animation.
         * 
         * @param value   How many points a Player is receiving.
         * @param continuation   Whether the game shouldn't increase the score
         *                       amount in the ItemsHoldr (this will only be
         *                       false on the first score() call).
         * @remarks For point gains that should not have a visual animation, 
         *          directly call ItemsHolder.increase("score", value).
         * @remarks The calling chain will be: 
         *              score -> scoreOn -> scoreAnimateOn -> scoreAnimate          
         */
        score(value: number, continuation?: boolean): void {
            if (!value) {
                return;
            }
            var FSM: FullScreenMario = FullScreenMario.prototype.ensureCorrectCaller(this);

            FSM.scoreOn(value, FSM.player, true);

            if (!continuation) {
                this.ItemsHolder.increase("score", value);
            }
        }

        /**
         * Scores a given number of points for a Player, and shows the gains via
         * an animation centered at the top of a thing.
         * 
         * @param value   How many points a Player is receiving.
         * @param thing   An in-game Thing to place the visual score text
         *                        on top of and centered.
         * @param continuation   Whether the game shouldn't increase the score
         *                       amount in the ItemsHoldr (this will only be
         *                       false on the first score() call).
         * @remarks The calling chain will be: 
         *              scoreOn -> scoreAnimateOn -> scoreAnimate     
         */
        scoreOn(value: number, thing: IThing, continuation?: boolean): void {
            if (!value) {
                return;
            }
            var text: IText = <IText>thing.FSM.addThing("Text" + value);

            thing.FSM.scoreAnimateOn(<IText>text, thing);

            if (!continuation) {
                this.ItemsHolder.increase("score", value);
            }

            thing.FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onScoreOn", value, thing, continuation);
        }

        /**
         * Centers a text associated with some points gain on the top of a Thing,
         * and animates it updward, setting an event for it to die.
         * 
         * @param text   The text whose position is being manipulated.
         * @param thing   An in-game Thing to place the visual score text
         *                on top of and centered.
         * @remarks The calling chain will be: 
         *              scoreAnimateOn -> scoreAnimate     
         */
        scoreAnimateOn(text: IText, thing: IThing): void {
            thing.FSM.setMidXObj(text, thing);
            thing.FSM.setBottom(text, thing.top);
            thing.FSM.scoreAnimate(text);
        }

        /**
         * Animates a score on top of a Thing.
         * 
         * @param thing   An in-game Thing to place the visual score text
         *                on top of and centered.
         * @param timeout   How many game ticks to wait before killing
         *                  the text (by default, 28).
         * @remarks This is the last function in the score() calling chain:
         *              scoreAnimate <- scoreAnimateOn <- scoreOn <- score
         */
        scoreAnimate(thing: IThing, timeout: number = 28): void {
            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                thing.FSM.shiftVert,
                1,
                timeout,
                thing,
                -thing.FSM.unitsize / 6);

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                thing.FSM.killNormal, timeout, thing);
        }

        /**
         * Inelegant catch-all Function for when a Player has hit a shell and 
         * needs points to be scored. This takes into account player star status and
         * Shell resting and peeking. With none of those modifiers, it defaults to
         * scoreOn with 400.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player hitting other.
         * @param other   A Shell being hit by thing.
         * @remarks See http://themushroomkingdom.net/smb_breakdown.shtml
         */
        scorePlayerShell(thing: IPlayer, other: IShell): void {
            // Star player: 200 points
            if (thing.star) {
                thing.FSM.scoreOn(200, other);
                return;
            }

            // Shells in the air: 8000 points (see guide)
            if (!other.resting) {
                thing.FSM.scoreOn(8000, other);
                return;
            }

            // Peeking shells: 1000 points
            if (other.peeking) {
                thing.FSM.scoreOn(1000, other);
                return;
            }

            // Already hopping: 500 points
            if (thing.jumpcount) {
                thing.FSM.scoreOn(500, other);
                return;
            }

            // All other cases: the shell's default
            thing.FSM.scoreOn(400, other);
        }

        /**
         * Determines the amount a Player should score upon hitting a flagpole,
         * based on the Player's y-position.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player hitting a flagpole
         * @param difference   How far up the pole the collision happened,
         *                     by absolute amount (not multiplied by 
         *                     unitsize).
         * @returns How many points to award.
         * @remarks See http://themushroomkingdom.net/smb_breakdown.shtml
         */
        scorePlayerFlag(thing: IThing, difference: number): number {
            var amount: number;

            if (difference < 28) {
                amount = difference < 8 ? 100 : 400;
            } else if (difference < 40) {
                amount = 800;
            } else {
                amount = difference < 62 ? 2000 : 5000;
            }

            return amount;
        }


        /* Audio
        */

        /**
         * Determines how loud a sound should be at an x-location. This 
         * is louder closer to a Player, and nothing to the right of the
         * visible screen.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param xloc   The x-location of the sound's source.
         * @returns How loud the sound should be, in [0,1].
         */
        getVolumeLocal(FSM: FullScreenMario, xloc: number): number {
            if (xloc > FSM.MapScreener.right) {
                return 0;
            }

            return Math.max(
                .14,
                Math.min(
                    .84,
                    (
                        FSM.MapScreener.width - Math.abs(xloc - FSM.player.left)
                    ) / FSM.MapScreener.width
                )
            );
        }

        /**
         * Determines the name of the default theme for the current area,
         * which is the first word in the area's setting (split on spaces).
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @returns The default theme for the current area.
         */
        getAudioThemeDefault(FSM: FullScreenMario): string {
            return (<IArea>FSM.AreaSpawner.getArea()).setting.split(" ")[0];
        }


        /* Map sets
        */

        /**
         * Sets the game state to a new map, resetting all Things and inputs in the
         * process. The mod events are fired.
         * 
         * @param name   The name of the map (by default, the currently
         *               played one).
         * @param location   The name of the location within the map (by
         *                   default, 0 for the first in Array form).
         * @remarks Most of the work here is done by setLocation.
         */
        setMap(name?: string | IFullScreenMario, location?: string | number): void {
            var FSM: FullScreenMario = FullScreenMario.prototype.ensureCorrectCaller(this),
                time: number,
                map: IMap;

            if (typeof name === "undefined" || name.constructor === FullScreenMario) {
                name = FSM.AreaSpawner.getMapName();
            }

            map = FSM.AreaSpawner.setMap(<string>name);

            FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onPreSetMap", map);

            if (map.seed) {
                FSM.NumberMaker.resetFromSeed(map.seed);
            }

            FSM.ItemsHolder.setItem("world", name);
            FSM.InputWriter.restartHistory();

            FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onSetMap", map);

            FSM.setLocation(location || map.locationDefault || FSM.settings.maps.locationDefault);

            time = (<IArea>FSM.AreaSpawner.getArea()).time || (<IMap>FSM.AreaSpawner.getMap()).time;
            FSM.ItemsHolder.setItem("time", Number(time));
        }

        /**
         * Sets the game state to a location within the current map, resetting all
         * Things, inputs, the current Area, PixelRender, and MapScreener in the
         * process. The location's entry Function is called to bring a new Player
         * into the game. The mod events are fired.
         * 
         * @param name   The name of the location within the map (by
         *               default, 0 for the first in Array form).
         */
        setLocation(name: string | number = 0): void {
            var FSM: FullScreenMario = FullScreenMario.prototype.ensureCorrectCaller(this),
                location: ILocation;

            (<IMapScreenr>FSM.MapScreener).nokeys = false;
            (<IMapScreenr>FSM.MapScreener).notime = false;
            (<IMapScreenr>FSM.MapScreener).canscroll = true;
            FSM.MapScreener.clearScreen();
            FSM.GroupHolder.clearArrays();
            FSM.TimeHandler.cancelAllEvents();

            FSM.AreaSpawner.setLocation((name || 0).toString());
            FSM.MapScreener.setVariables();
            location = <ILocation>FSM.AreaSpawner.getLocation((name || 0).toString());

            FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onPreSetLocation", location);

            FSM.PixelDrawer.setBackground((<IArea>FSM.AreaSpawner.getArea()).background);

            FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(FSM.maintainTime, 25, Infinity, FSM);
            FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(FSM.maintainScenery, 350, Infinity, FSM);

            FSM.AudioPlayer.clearAll();
            FSM.AudioPlayer.playTheme();

            FSM.QuadsKeeper.resetQuadrants();

            location.entry(FSM, location);

            FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onSetLocation", location);

            FSM.GamesRunner.play();
        }

        /* Map entrances
        */

        /**
         * Standard map entrance Function for dropping from the ceiling. A new 
         * player is placed 16x16 units away from the top-left corner, with
         * location.xloc scrolling applied if necessary.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param location   The calling Location entering into (by default,
         *                   not used).
         */
        mapEntranceNormal(FSM: FullScreenMario, location?: ILocation): void {
            if (location && location.xloc) {
                FSM.scrollWindow(location.xloc * FSM.unitsize);
            }

            FSM.addPlayer(FSM.unitsize * 16, FSM.unitsize * 16);
        }

        /**
         * Standard map entrance Function for starting on the ground. A new player
         * is placed 16x16 units away from the top-left corner, with location.xloc
         * scrolling applied if necessary.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param location   The calling Location entering into (by default,
         *                   not used).
         */
        mapEntrancePlain(FSM: FullScreenMario, location?: ILocation): void {
            if (location && location.xloc) {
                FSM.scrollWindow(location.xloc * FSM.unitsize);
            }

            FSM.addPlayer(FSM.unitsize * 16, FSM.MapScreener.floor * FSM.unitsize);

        }

        /**
         * Map entrance Function for starting on the ground and immediately walking
         * as if in a cutscene. mapEntrancePlain is immediately called, and the 
         * player has movement forced to be walking, with nokeys and notime set to
         * true.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param location   The calling Location entering into (by default,
         *                   not used).
         */
        mapEntranceWalking(FSM: FullScreenMario, location?: ILocation): void {
            FSM.mapEntrancePlain(FSM, location);

            FSM.player.keys.run = 1;
            FSM.player.maxspeed = FSM.player.walkspeed;

            FSM.MapScreener.nokeys = true;
            FSM.MapScreener.notime = true;
        }

        /**
         * Map entrance Function for entering a castle area. A player is simply
         * added at 2 x 56.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         */
        mapEntranceCastle(FSM: FullScreenMario): void {
            FSM.addPlayer(FSM.unitsize * 2, FSM.unitsize * 56);
        }

        /**
         * Map entrance Function for entering an area climbing a Vine. The Vine 
         * enters first by growing, then a Player climbs it and hops off. The 
         * player's actions are done via mapEntranceVinePlayer and are triggered
         * when the Vine's top reaches its threshold.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         */
        mapEntranceVine(FSM: FullScreenMario): void {
            var threshold: number = FSM.MapScreener.bottom - FSM.unitsize * 40,
                vine: IVine = <IVine>FSM.addThing(
                    "Vine",
                    FSM.unitsize * 32,
                    FSM.MapScreener.bottom + FSM.unitsize * 8);

            FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                function (): boolean {
                    if (vine.top >= threshold) {
                        return false;
                    }

                    vine.movement = undefined;
                    FSM.mapEntranceVinePlayer(FSM, vine);
                    return true;
                },
                1,
                Infinity);
        }

        /**
         * Continuation of mapEntranceVine for a Player's actions. A player
         * climbs up the Vine; once it reaches the threshold, it hops off using
         * animatePlayerOffVine.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param vine   A Vine bringing a Player up.
         */
        mapEntranceVinePlayer(FSM: FullScreenMario, vine: IVine): void {
            var threshold: number = FSM.MapScreener.bottom - FSM.unitsize * 24,
                speed: number = FSM.unitsize / -4,
                player: IPlayer = FSM.addPlayer(
                    FSM.unitsize * 29,
                    FSM.MapScreener.bottom - FSM.unitsize * 4
                );

            FSM.shiftVert(player, player.height * FSM.unitsize);

            FSM.collideVine(player, vine);

            FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                function (): boolean {
                    FSM.shiftVert(player, speed);
                    if (player.top < threshold) {
                        FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                            FSM.animatePlayerOffVine, 49, player
                        );
                        return true;
                    }
                    return false;
                },
                1,
                Infinity);
        }

        /**
         * Map entrance Function for coming in through a vertical Pipe. A player 
         * is added just below the top of the Pipe, and is animated to rise up 
         * through it like an Italian chestburster.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param location   The calling Location entering into (by default,
         *                   not used).
         */
        mapEntrancePipeVertical(FSM: FullScreenMario, location?: ILocation): void {
            if (location && location.xloc) {
                FSM.scrollWindow(location.xloc * FSM.unitsize);
            }

            FSM.addPlayer(
                location.entrance.left + FSM.player.width * FSM.unitsize / 2,
                location.entrance.top + FSM.player.height * FSM.unitsize);

            FSM.animatePlayerPipingStart(FSM.player);
            FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Pipe");
            FSM.AudioPlayer.addEventListener(
                "Pipe",
                "ended",
                function (): void {
                    FSM.AudioPlayer.playTheme();
                });

            FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                function (): boolean {
                    FSM.shiftVert(FSM.player, FSM.unitsize / -4);

                    if (FSM.player.bottom <= location.entrance.top) {
                        FSM.animatePlayerPipingEnd(FSM.player);
                        return true;
                    }

                    return false;
                },
                1,
                Infinity);
        }

        /**
         * Map entrance Function for coming in through a horizontal Pipe. A player 
         * is added just to the left of the entrance, and is animated to pass  
         * through it like an Italian chestburster.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param location   The calling Location entering into (by default,
         *                   not used).
         */
        mapEntrancePipeHorizontal(FSM: FullScreenMario, location?: ILocation): void {
            throw new Error("mapEntrancePipeHorizontal is not yet implemented.");
        }

        /**
         * Map entrance Function for a Player reincarnating into a level, 
         * typically from a random map. A player is placed at 16 x 0 and a
         * Resting Stone placed some spaces below via playerAddRestingStone.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         */
        mapEntranceRespawn(FSM: FullScreenMario): void {
            FSM.MapScreener.nokeys = false;
            FSM.MapScreener.notime = false;
            FSM.MapScreener.canscroll = true;

            FSM.addPlayer(FSM.unitsize * 16, 0);
            FSM.animateFlicker(FSM.player);

            if (!FSM.MapScreener.underwater) {
                FSM.playerAddRestingStone(FSM.player);
            }

            FSM.ModAttacher.fireEvent("onPlayerRespawn");
        }


        /* Map exits
        */

        /**
         * Map exit Function for leaving through a vertical Pipe. A player is
         * animated to pass through it and then transfer locations.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player exiting through other.
         * @param other   A Pipe sucking in thing.
         */
        mapExitPipeVertical(thing: IPlayer, other: IPipe): void {
            if (!thing.resting || typeof (other.transport) === "undefined"
                || thing.right + thing.FSM.unitsize * 2 > other.right
                || thing.left - thing.FSM.unitsize * 2 < other.left) {
                return;
            }

            thing.FSM.animatePlayerPipingStart(thing);
            thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Pipe");

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                function (): boolean {
                    thing.FSM.shiftVert(thing, thing.FSM.unitsize / 4);

                    if (thing.top <= other.top) {
                        return false;
                    }

                    thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                        function (): void {
                            if (other.transport.constructor === Object) {
                                thing.FSM.setMap(other.transport.map);
                            } else {
                                thing.FSM.setLocation(other.transport);
                            }
                        },
                        42);

                    return true;
                },
                1,
                Infinity);
        }

        /**
         * Map exit Function for leaving through a horiontal Pipe. A player is
         * animated to pass through it and then transfer locations.
         * 
         * @param thing   A Player exiting through other.
         * @param other   A Pipe sucking in thing.
         * @param shouldTransport   Whether not resting and not paddling does 
         *                          not imply a Player cannot pass through the 
         *                          Pipe (by default, false, as this is normal).
         * @remarks The shouldTransport argument was added because the "Bouncy 
         *          Bounce!" mod rendered some areas unenterable without it.
         */
        mapExitPipeHorizontal(thing: IPlayer, other: IPipe, shouldTransport?: boolean): void {
            if (!shouldTransport && !thing.resting && !thing.paddling) {
                return;
            }

            if (thing.top < other.top || thing.bottom > other.bottom) {
                return;
            }

            if (!thing.keys.run) {
                return;
            }

            thing.FSM.animatePlayerPipingStart(thing);
            thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Pipe");

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                function (): boolean {
                    thing.FSM.shiftHoriz(thing, thing.FSM.unitsize / 4);

                    if (thing.left <= other.left) {
                        return false;
                    }

                    thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                        function (): void {
                            thing.FSM.setLocation(other.transport);
                        },
                        42);

                    return true;
                },
                1,
                Infinity);
        }


        /* Map creation
        */

        /**
         * The onMake callback for Areas. Attributes are copied as specified in the
         * prototype, and the background is set based on the setting.
         * 
         * @remarks The scope for this will be an Area.
         */
        initializeArea(): void {
            var scope: IArea = <IArea><any>this,
                i: string;

            // Copy all attributes, if they exist
            if (scope.attributes) {
                for (i in scope.attributes) {
                    if (scope.hasOwnProperty(i) && scope[i]) {
                        FullScreenMario.prototype.proliferate(scope, scope.attributes[i]);
                    }
                }
            }

            scope.setBackground(scope);
        }

        /**
         * Sets an area's background as a function of its setting.
         * 
         * @param area   An Area having its background set.
         * @remarks In the future, it might be more elegant to make Areas inherit
         * from base Area types (Overworld, etc.) so this inelegant switch
         * statement doesn't have to be used.
         */
        setAreaBackground(area: IArea): void {
            // Non-underwater Underworld, Castle, and all Nights: black background
            if (
                area.setting.indexOf("Underwater") === -1
                && (
                    area.setting.indexOf("Underworld") !== -1
                    || area.setting.indexOf("Castle") !== -1
                    || area.setting.indexOf("Night") !== -1
                )
            ) {
                area.background = "#000000";
            } else {
                // Default (typically Overworld): sky blue background
                area.background = "#5c94fc";
            }
        }

        /**
         * Determines the absolute height of a y-location, which is the distance
         * from the absolute base (bottom of the user's viewport) to a specific 
         * height above the floor.
         * 
         * @param yloc   A height to find the distance to the floor from.
         * @param correctUnitsize   Whether the yloc accounts for unitsize 
         *                          expansion (e.g. 48 rather than 12, for 
         *                          unitsize=4).
         * @returns The absolute height of the y-location.
         */
        getAbsoluteHeight(yloc: number, correctUnitsize?: boolean): number {
            var FSM: FullScreenMario = FullScreenMario.prototype.ensureCorrectCaller(this),
                height: number = yloc + FSM.MapScreener.height;

            if (!correctUnitsize) {
                height *= FSM.unitsize;
            }

            return height;
        }

        /**
         * Adds a PreThing to the map and stretches it to fit a width equal to the 
         * current map's outermost boundaries.
         * 
         * @param prethingRaw   A raw PreThing descriptor.
         * @returns A strethed Thing, newly added via addThing.
         */
        mapAddStretched(prethingRaw: string | MapsCreatr.IPreThingSettings): IThing {
            var FSM: FullScreenMario = FullScreenMario.prototype.ensureCorrectCaller(this),
                boundaries: any = FSM.AreaSpawner.getArea().boundaries,
                prething: MapsCreatr.IPreThingSettings = prethingRaw instanceof String
                    ? { "thing": prething }
                    : <MapsCreatr.IPreThingSettings>prethingRaw,
                y: number = (
                    ((<IMapScreenr>FSM.MapScreener).floor - prething.y)
                    * FSM.unitsize
                ),
                // It is assumed the PreThing does have a .thing if it's a stretch
                thing: IThing = FSM.ObjectMaker.make((<any>prething).thing, {
                    "width": boundaries.right - boundaries.left,
                    "height": prething.height || FSM.getAbsoluteHeight(prething.y)
                });

            return <IThing>FSM.addThing(thing, boundaries.left, y);
        }

        /**
         * Analyzes a PreThing to be placed to the right of the current map's
         * boundaries (after everything else).
         * 
         * @param prethingRaw   A raw PreThing descriptor.
         */
        mapAddAfter(prethingRaw: string | MapsCreatr.IPreThingSettings): void {
            var FSM: FullScreenMario = FullScreenMario.prototype.ensureCorrectCaller(this),
                MapsCreator: MapsCreatr.IMapsCreatr = FSM.MapsCreator,
                AreaSpawner: AreaSpawnr.IAreaSpawnr = FSM.AreaSpawner,
                prethings: MapsCreatr.IPreThingsContainers = AreaSpawner.getPreThings(),
                prething: MapsCreatr.IPreThingSettings = prethingRaw instanceof String
                    ? {
                        "thing": prething
                    }
                    : <MapsCreatr.IPreThingSettings>prethingRaw,
                area: IArea = <IArea>AreaSpawner.getArea(),
                map: MapsCreatr.IMapsCreatrMap = AreaSpawner.getMap(),
                boundaries: any = FSM.AreaSpawner.getArea().boundaries;

            prething.x = boundaries.right;
            MapsCreator.analyzePreSwitch(prething, prethings, area, map);
        }


        /* Cutscenes
        */

        /**
         * First cutscene for the Flagpole routine. A player becomes invincible and 
         * starts sliding down the flagpole, while all other Things are killed. 
         * A score calculated by scorePlayerFlag is shown at the base of the pole and 
         * works its way up. The collideFlagBottom callback will be fired when a Player 
         * reaches the bottom.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param settings   Storage for the cutscene from ScenePlayr.
         */
        cutsceneFlagpoleStartSlidingDown(FSM: FullScreenMario, settings: any): void {
            var thing: IPlayer = settings.player,
                other: IDetectCollision = settings.collider,
                height: number = (other.bottom - thing.bottom) | 0,
                scoreAmount: number = FSM.scorePlayerFlag(
                    thing, height / FSM.unitsize),
                scoreThing: IText = FSM.ObjectMaker.make("Text" + scoreAmount);

            // This is a cutscene. No movement, no deaths, no scrolling.
            thing.star = 1;
            thing.nocollidechar = true;
            FSM.MapScreener.nokeys = true;
            FSM.MapScreener.notime = true;
            FSM.MapScreener.canscroll = false;

            // Kill all other characters and pause a Player next to the pole
            FSM.killNPCs();
            FSM.animateCharacterPauseVelocity(thing);
            FSM.setRight(thing, other.left + FSM.unitsize * 3);
            FSM.killNormal(other);

            // a Player is now climbing down the pole
            FSM.removeClasses(thing, "running jumping skidding");
            FSM.addClass(thing, "climbing animated");
            FSM.TimeHandler.addClassCycle(
                thing, ["one", "two"], "climbing", 0);

            // Animate the Flag to the base of the pole
            FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                FSM.shiftVert,
                1,
                64,
                other.collection.Flag,
                FSM.unitsize);

            // Add a ScoreText element at the bottom of the flag and animate it up
            FSM.addThing(scoreThing, other.right, other.bottom);
            FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                FSM.shiftVert,
                1,
                72,
                scoreThing,
                -FSM.unitsize);
            FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                FSM.ItemsHolder.increase.bind(FSM.ItemsHolder),
                72,
                "score",
                scoreAmount);

            // All audio stops, and the flagpole clip is played
            FSM.AudioPlayer.clearAll();
            FSM.AudioPlayer.clearTheme();
            FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Flagpole");

            FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                function (): boolean {
                    // While a Player hasn't reached the bottom yet, slide down
                    if (thing.bottom < other.bottom) {
                        FSM.shiftVert(thing, FSM.unitsize);
                        return false;
                    }

                    // If the flag hasn't reached it but a Player has, don't move yet
                    if ((other.collection.Flag.bottom | 0) < (other.bottom | 0)) {
                        return false;
                    }

                    // a Player is done climbing: trigger the flag bottom collision
                    thing.movement = undefined;
                    FSM.setBottom(thing, other.bottom);
                    FSM.TimeHandler.cancelClassCycle(thing, "climbing");
                    FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                        FSM.ScenePlayer.bindRoutine("HitBottom"),
                        21);

                    return true;
                },
                1,
                Infinity);
        }

        /**
         * Routine for when a player hits the bottom of a flagpole. It is
         * flipped horizontally, shifted to the other side of the pole, and the
         * animatePlayerOffPole callback is quickly timed.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param settings   Storage for the cutscene from ScenePlayr.
         */
        cutsceneFlagpoleHitBottom(FSM: FullScreenMario, settings: any): void {
            var thing: IPlayer = settings.player;

            thing.keys.run = 1;
            thing.maxspeed = thing.walkspeed;

            thing.FSM.flipHoriz(thing);
            thing.FSM.shiftHoriz(
                thing,
                (thing.width + 1) * thing.FSM.unitsize);

            thing.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                function (): void {
                    thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Stage Clear");
                    thing.FSM.animatePlayerOffPole(thing, true);
                },
                14);
        }

        /**
         * Routine for counting down time and increasing score at the end of
         * a level. When it's done, it calls the Fireworks routine.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param settings   Storage for the cutscene from ScenePlayr.
         */
        cutsceneFlagpoleCountdown(FSM: FullScreenMario, settings: any): void {
            FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                function (): boolean {
                    FSM.ItemsHolder.decrease("time");
                    FSM.ItemsHolder.increase("score", 50);
                    FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Coin");

                    if (FSM.ItemsHolder.getItem("time") > 0) {
                        return false;
                    }

                    FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(FSM.ScenePlayer.bindRoutine("Fireworks"), 35);
                    return true;
                },
                1,
                Infinity);
        }

        /**
         * Animation routine for the fireworks found at the end of EndOutsideCastle.
         * Fireworks are added on a timer (if there should be any), and the level
         * transport is called when any fireworks are done.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param settings   Storage for the cutscene from ScenePlayr.
         */
        cutsceneFlagpoleFireworks(FSM: FullScreenMario, settings: any): void {
            var numFireworks: number = FSM.MathDecider.compute("numberOfFireworks", settings.time),
                player: IPlayer = settings.player,
                detector: IDetectCollision = settings.detector,
                doorRight: number = detector.left,
                doorLeft: number = doorRight - FSM.unitsize * 8,
                doorBottom: number = detector.bottom,
                doorTop: number = doorBottom - FSM.unitsize * 16,
                flag: IThing = FSM.ObjectMaker.make("CastleFlag", {
                    "position": "beginning"
                }),
                flagMovements: number = 28,
                fireInterval: number = 28,
                fireworkPositions: number[][] = [
                    [0, -48],
                    [-8, -40],
                    [8, -40],
                    [-8, -32],
                    [0, -48],
                    [-8, -40]
                ],
                i: number = 0,
                firework: IFirework,
                position: number[];

            // Add a flag to the center of the castle, behind everything else
            FSM.addThing(
                flag,
                doorLeft + FSM.unitsize,
                doorTop - FSM.unitsize * 24);
            FSM.arrayToBeginning(flag, <any[]>FSM.GroupHolder.getGroup(flag.groupType));

            // Animate the flag raising
            FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                function (): void {
                    FSM.shiftVert(flag, FSM.unitsize * -.25);
                },
                1,
                flagMovements);

            // If there should be fireworks, add each of them on an interval
            if (numFireworks > 0) {
                FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                    function (): void {
                        position = fireworkPositions[i];
                        firework = <IFirework>FSM.addThing(
                            "Firework",
                            player.left + position[0] * FSM.unitsize,
                            player.top + position[1] * FSM.unitsize);
                        firework.animate(firework);
                        i += 1;
                    },
                    fireInterval,
                    numFireworks);
            }

            // After everything, activate the detector's transport to leave
            FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                function (): void {
                    FSM.AudioPlayer.addEventImmediate(
                        "Stage Clear", "ended", function (): void {
                            FSM.collideLevelTransport(player, detector);
                            FSM.ScenePlayer.stopCutscene();
                        });
                },
                i * fireInterval + 420);
        }

        /**
         * Routine for when a player collides with a castle axe. All unimportant NPCs
         * are killed and a Player running again is scheduled.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param settings   Storage for the cutscene from ScenePlayr.
         */
        cutsceneBowserVictoryCollideCastleAxe(FSM: FullScreenMario, settings: any): void {
            var player: IPlayer = settings.player,
                axe: ICastleAxe = settings.axe;

            FSM.animateCharacterPauseVelocity(player);
            FSM.killNormal(axe);
            FSM.killNPCs();

            FSM.AudioPlayer.clearTheme();
            FSM.MapScreener.nokeys = true;
            FSM.MapScreener.notime = true;

            player.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                function (): void {
                    player.keys.run = 1;
                    player.maxspeed = player.walkspeed;
                    FSM.animateCharacterResumeVelocity(player);

                    player.yvel = 0;
                    FSM.MapScreener.canscroll = true;
                    FSM.AudioPlayer.play("World Clear");
                },
                140);
        }

        /**
         * Routine for a castle bridge opening. Its width is reduced repeatedly on an 
         * interval until it's 0, at which point the BowserFalls routine plays.
         * 
         * @param FSM
         * @param settings   Storage for the cutscene from ScenePlayr.
         * @remarks The castle bridge's animateCastleBridgeOpen (called via killNPCs
         *          as the bridge's .killonend attribute) is what triggers this.
         */
        cutsceneBowserVictoryCastleBridgeOpen(FSM: FullScreenMario, settings: any): void {
            var bridge: ISolid = settings.routineArguments[0];

            FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                function (): boolean {
                    bridge.right -= FSM.unitsize * 2;
                    FSM.setWidth(bridge, bridge.width - 2);
                    FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Break Block");

                    if (bridge.width <= 0) {
                        FSM.ScenePlayer.playRoutine("BowserFalls");
                        return true;
                    }

                    return false;
                },
                1,
                Infinity);
        }

        /**
         * Routine for Bowser falling after his bridge opens.
         * 
         * @param settings   Storage for the cutscene from ScenePlayr.
         * @param FSM
         * @remarks This is called by the CastleBridgeOpen routine, once the bridge
         *          has been reduced to no width.
         */
        cutsceneBowserVictoryBowserFalls(FSM: FullScreenMario, settings: any): void {
            FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Bowser Falls");

            // Bowser won't exist if a Player already killed him with a star or fireballs
            if (settings.bowser) {
                settings.bowser.nofall = true;
            }
        }

        /**
         * Routine for displaying text above a castle NPC. Each "layer" of text
         * is added in order, after which collideLevelTransport is called.
         * 
         * @param settings   Storage for the cutscene from ScenePlayr.
         * @param FSM
         * @remarks This is called by collideCastleNPC.
         */
        cutsceneBowserVictoryDialog(FSM: FullScreenMario, settings: any): void {
            var player: IPlayer = settings.player,
                detector: IDetectCollision = settings.detector,
                keys: any[] = settings.keys,
                interval: number = 140,
                i: number = 0,
                j: number,
                letters: IThing[];

            player.keys.run = 0;
            player.FSM.killNormal(detector);

            player.FSM.TimeHandler.addEventInterval(
                function (): void {
                    letters = detector.collection[keys[i]].children;

                    for (j = 0; j < letters.length; j += 1) {
                        if (letters[j].title !== "TextSpace") {
                            letters[j].hidden = false;
                        }
                    }

                    i += 1;
                },
                interval,
                keys.length);

            player.FSM.TimeHandler.addEvent(
                function (): void {
                    player.FSM.collideLevelTransport(player, detector);
                },
                280 + interval * keys.length);
        }


        /* Map macros
        */

        /**
         * Macro to place a single type of Thing multiple times, drawing from a
         * bottom/left corner to a top/right corner.
         * 
         * @alias Fill
         * @param reference   Settings for a FillPreThings macro.
         * @param prethings   The container Area's creation commands.
         * @param area   The container Area.
         * @param map   The container Map.
         * @param FSM   The calling FullScreenMario.
         * @returns A single type of Thing any number of times.
         */
        macroFillPreThings(
            reference: IMacroFillPreThingsSettings,
            prethings: any[],
            area: IArea,
            map: IMap,
            FSM: FullScreenMario): any {
            var defaults: any = FSM.ObjectMaker.getFullPropertiesOf(reference.thing),
                xnum: number = reference.xnum || 1,
                ynum: number = reference.ynum || 1,
                xwidth: number = reference.xwidth || defaults.width,
                yheight: number = reference.yheight || defaults.height,
                x: number = reference.x || 0,
                yref: number = reference.y || 0,
                outputs: any[] = [],
                output: any,
                o: number = 0,
                y: number,
                i: number,
                j: number;

            for (i = 0; i < xnum; ++i) {
                y = yref;
                for (j = 0; j < ynum; ++j) {
                    output = {
                        "x": x,
                        "y": y,
                        "macro": undefined
                    };
                    outputs.push(FSM.proliferate(output, reference, true));
                    o += 1;
                    y += yheight;
                }
                x += xwidth;
            }

            return outputs;
        }

        /**
         * Macro to continuously place a listing of Things multiple times, from left
         * to right. This is commonly used for repeating background scenery.
         * 
         * @alias Pattern
         * @param reference   Settings for a FillPrePattern macro.
         * @param prethings   The container Area's creation commands.
         * @param area   The container Area.
         * @param map   The container Map.
         * @param FSM   The calling FullScreenMario.
         * @returns Preset Things in a pattern.
         */
        macroFillPrePattern(
            reference: IMacroFillPrePatternSettings,
            prethings: any[],
            area: IArea,
            map: IMap,
            FSM: FullScreenMario): any {
            if (!FSM.settings.maps.patterns[reference.pattern]) {
                throw new Error("An unknown pattern is referenced: " + reference);
            }

            var pattern: any = FSM.settings.maps.patterns[reference.pattern],
                length: number = pattern.length,
                defaults: any = FSM.ObjectMaker.getFullProperties(),
                repeats: number = reference.repeat || 1,
                xpos: number = reference.x || 0,
                ypos: number = reference.y || 0,
                outputs: any[] = [],
                o: number = 0,
                skips: any = {},
                prething: any,
                output: any,
                i: number,
                j: number;

            // If skips are given, record them in an Object for quick access
            if (typeof reference.skips !== "undefined") {
                for (i = 0; i < reference.skips.length; i += 1) {
                    skips[reference.skips[i]] = true;
                }
            }

            // For each time the pattern should be repeated:
            for (i = 0; i < repeats; i += 1) {
                // For each Thing listing in the pattern:
                for (j = 0; j < length; j += 1) {
                    // Don't place if marked in skips
                    if (skips[j]) {
                        continue;
                    }

                    prething = pattern[j];
                    output = {
                        "thing": prething[0],
                        "x": xpos + prething[1],
                        "y": ypos + prething[2]
                    };
                    output.y += defaults[prething[0]].height;

                    if (prething[3]) {
                        output.width = prething[3];
                    }

                    outputs.push(output);
                    o += 1;
                }
                xpos += pattern.width;
            }

            return outputs;
        }

        /**
         * Macro to place a Floor Thing with infinite height. All settings are 
         * passed in except "macro", which becomes undefined.
         * 
         * @alias Floor
         * @param reference   Settings for a Floor macro.
         * @param prethings   The container Area's creation commands.
         * @param area   The container Area.
         * @param map   The container Map.
         * @param FSM   The calling FullScreenMario.
         * @returns A single Floor.
         */
        macroFloor(
            reference: IMacroFloorSettings,
            prethings: any[],
            area: IArea,
            map: IMap,
            FSM: FullScreenMario): any {
            var x: number = reference.x || 0,
                y: number = reference.y || 0,
                floor: any = FSM.proliferate(
                    {
                        "thing": "Floor",
                        "x": x,
                        "y": y,
                        "width": (reference.width || 8),
                        "height": "Infinity"
                    },
                    reference,
                    true);

            floor.macro = undefined;

            return floor;
        }

        /**
         * Macro to place a Pipe, possibly with a pirahna, location hooks, and/or
         * infinite height. All settings are copied to Pipe except for "macro",
         * which becomes undefined.
         * 
         * @alias Pipe
         * @param reference   Settings for a Pipe macro.
         * @param prethings   The container Area's creation commands.
         * @param area   The container Area.
         * @param map   The container Map.
         * @param FSM   The calling FullScreenMario.
         * @returns A Pipe, and potentially a Piranha.
         */
        macroPipe(
            reference: IMacroPipeSettings,
            prethings: any[],
            area: IArea,
            map: IMap,
            scope: FullScreenMario): any {
            var x: number = reference.x || 0,
                y: number = reference.y || 0,
                height: number | string = reference.height || 16,
                pipe: any = FullScreenMario.prototype.proliferate(
                    {
                        "thing": "Pipe",
                        "x": x,
                        "y": y,
                        "width": 16,
                        "height": reference.height === Infinity
                            ? "Infinity"
                            : reference.height || 8
                    },
                    reference,
                    true),
                output: any[] = [pipe];

            pipe.macro = undefined;

            if (height === "Infinity" || height === Infinity) {
                pipe.height = scope.MapScreener.height;
            } else {
                pipe.y += height;
            }

            if (reference.piranha) {
                output.push({
                    "thing": "Piranha",
                    "x": x + 4,
                    "y": pipe.y + 12,
                    "onPipe": true
                });
            }

            return output;
        }

        /**
         * Macro to place a horizontal Pipe with a vertical one, likely with 
         * location hooks.
         * 
         * @alias PipeCorner
         * @param reference   Settings for a PipeCorner macro.
         * @param prethings   The container Area's creation commands.
         * @param area   The container Area.
         * @param map   The container Map.
         * @param FSM   The calling FullScreenMario.
         * @returns A horizontal Pipe and a vertical Pipe.
         */
        macroPipeCorner(
            reference: IMacroPipeCornerSettings,
            prethings: any[],
            area: IArea,
            map: IMap,
            scope: any): any {
            var x: number = reference.x || 0,
                y: number = reference.y || 0,
                height: number = reference.height || 16,
                output: any[] = [
                    {
                        "thing": "PipeHorizontal",
                        "x": x,
                        "y": y,
                        "transport": reference.transport || 0
                    },
                    {
                        "thing": "PipeVertical",
                        "x": x + 16,
                        "y": y + height - 16,
                        "height": height
                    }
                ];

            if (reference.scrollEnabler) {
                output.push({
                    "thing": "ScrollEnabler",
                    "x": x + 16,
                    "y": y + height + 48,
                    "height": 64,
                    "width": 16
                });
            }

            if (reference.scrollBlocker) {
                output.push({
                    "thing": "ScrollBlocker",
                    "x": x + 32
                });
            }

            return output;
        }

        /**
         * Macro to place a Tree.
         * 
         * @alias Tree
         * @param reference   Settings for a Tree macro.
         * @param prethings   The container Area's creation commands.
         * @param area   The container Area.
         * @param map   The container Map.
         * @param FSM   The calling FullScreenMario.
         * @returns A Tree and its trunk.
         */
        macroTree(
            reference: IMacroTreeSettings,
            prethings: any[],
            area: IArea,
            map: IMap,
            scope: FullScreenMario): any {
            var x: number = reference.x || 0,
                y: number = reference.y || 0,
                width: number = reference.width || 24,
                output: any[] = [
                    {
                        "thing": "TreeTop",
                        "x": x,
                        "y": y,
                        "width": width
                    }
                ];

            if (width > 16) {
                output.push({
                    "thing": "TreeTrunk",
                    "x": x + 8,
                    "y": y - 8,
                    "width": width - 16,
                    "height": "Infinity",
                    "groupType": reference.solidTrunk ? "Solid" : "Scenery"
                });
            }

            return output;
        }

        /**
         * Macro to place a large Shroom (a Tree that looks like a large Mushroom). 
         * 
         * @alias Shroom
         * @param reference   Settings for a Shroom macro.
         * @param prethings   The container Area's creation commands.
         * @param area   The container Area.
         * @param map   The container Map.
         * @param FSM   The calling FullScreenMario.
         * @returns A Shroom and its trunk.
         */
        macroShroom(
            reference: IMacroShroomSettings,
            prethings: any[],
            area: IArea,
            map: IMap,
            scope: FullScreenMario): any {
            var x: number = reference.x || 0,
                y: number = reference.y || 0,
                width: number = reference.width || 24,
                output: any[] = [
                    {
                        "thing": "ShroomTop",
                        "x": x,
                        "y": y,
                        "width": width
                    }
                ];

            if (width > 16) {
                output.push({
                    "thing": "ShroomTrunk",
                    "x": x + (width - 8) / 2,
                    "y": y - 8,
                    "height": Infinity,
                    "groupType": reference.solidTrunk ? "Solid" : "Scenery"
                });
            }

            return output;
        }

        /**
         * Macro to place Water of infinite height. All settings are copied to the 
         * Water except for "macro", which becomes undefined.
         * 
         * @alias Water
         * @param reference   Settings for a Water macro.
         * @param prethings   The container Area's creation commands.
         * @param area   The container Area.
         * @param map   The container Map.
         * @param FSM   The calling FullScreenMario.
         * @returns A Water scenery.
         */
        macroWater(
            reference: IMacroWaterSettings,
            prethings: any[],
            area: IArea,
            map: IMap,
            FSM: FullScreenMario): any {
            return FSM.proliferate(
                {
                    "thing": "Water",
                    "x": reference.x || 0,
                    "y": (reference.y || 0) + 2, // water is 3.5 x 5.5
                    "height": "Infinity",
                    "macro": undefined
                },
                reference,
                true);
        }

        /**
         * Macro to place a row of Bricks at y = 88.
         * 
         * @alias Ceiling
         * @param reference   Settings for a Ceiling macro.
         * @returns A Brick ceiling.
         */
        macroCeiling(reference: IMacroCeilingSettings): any {
            return {
                "macro": "Fill",
                "thing": "Brick",
                "x": reference.x,
                "y": 88,
                "xnum": (reference.width / 8) | 0,
                "xwidth": 8
            };
        }

        /**
         * Macro to place a bridge, possibly with columns at the start and/or end.
         * 
         * @alias Bridge
         * @param reference   Settings for a Bridge macro.
         * @returns A bridge.
         */
        macroBridge(reference: IMacroBridgeSettings): any {
            var x: number = reference.x || 0,
                y: number = reference.y || 0,
                width: number = Math.max(reference.width || 0, 16),
                output: any[] = [];

            // A beginning column reduces the width and pushes it forward
            if (reference.begin) {
                width -= 8;
                output.push({
                    "thing": "Stone",
                    "x": x,
                    "y": y,
                    "height": "Infinity"
                });
                x += 8;
            }

            // An ending column just reduces the width 
            if (reference.end) {
                width -= 8;
                output.push({
                    "thing": "Stone",
                    "x": x + width,
                    "y": y,
                    "height": "Infinity"
                });
            }

            // Between any columns is a BridgeBase with a Railing on top
            output.push({ "thing": "BridgeBase", "x": x, "y": y, "width": width });
            output.push({ "thing": "Railing", "x": x, "y": y + 4, "width": width });

            return output;
        }

        /**
         * Macro to place a scale, which is two Platforms seemingly suspended 
         * by Strings.
         * 
         * @alias Scale
         * @param reference   Settings for a Scale macro.
         * @param prethings   The container Area's creation commands.
         * @param area   The container Area.
         * @param map   The container Map.
         * @param FSM   The calling FullScreenMario.
         * @returns A scale group.
         */
        macroScale(
            reference: IMacroScaleSettings,
            prethings: any[],
            area: IArea,
            map: IMap,
            FSM: FullScreenMario): any {
            var x: number = reference.x || 0,
                y: number = reference.y || 0,
                unitsize: number = FSM.unitsize,
                widthLeft: number = reference.widthLeft || 24,
                widthRight: number = reference.widthRight || 24,
                between: number = reference.between || 40,
                dropLeft: number = reference.dropLeft || 24,
                dropRight: number = reference.dropRight || 24,
                collectionName: string = "ScaleCollection--" + [
                    x, y, widthLeft, widthRight, dropLeft, dropRight
                ].join(",");

            return [
                {
                    "thing": "String",
                    "x": x,
                    "y": y - 4,
                    "height": dropLeft - 4,
                    "collectionName": collectionName,
                    "collectionKey": "stringLeft"
                },
                {
                    "thing": "String",
                    "x": x + between,
                    "y": y - 4,
                    "height": dropRight - 4,
                    "collectionName": collectionName,
                    "collectionKey": "stringRight"
                }, {
                    "thing": "String",
                    "x": x + 4,
                    "y": y,
                    "width": between - 7,
                    "collectionName": collectionName,
                    "collectionKey": "stringMiddle"
                }, {
                    "thing": "StringCornerLeft",
                    "x": x,
                    "y": y
                }, {
                    "thing": "StringCornerRight",
                    "x": x + between - 4,
                    "y": y
                }, {
                    "thing": "Platform",
                    "x": x - (widthLeft / 2),
                    "y": y - dropLeft,
                    "width": widthLeft,
                    "inScale": true,
                    "tension": (dropLeft - 1.5) * unitsize,
                    "onThingAdd": FSM.spawnScalePlatform,
                    "collectionName": collectionName,
                    "collectionKey": "platformLeft"
                }, {
                    "thing": "Platform",
                    "x": x + between - (widthRight / 2),
                    "y": y - dropRight,
                    "width": widthRight,
                    "inScale": true,
                    "tension": (dropRight - 1.5) * unitsize,
                    "onThingAdd": FSM.spawnScalePlatform,
                    "collectionName": collectionName,
                    "collectionKey": "platformRight"
                }];
        }

        /**
         * Macro to place Platforms traveling and spawning vertically.
         * 
         * @alias PlatformGenerator
         * @param reference   Settings for a PlatformGenerator macro.
         * @param prethings   The container Area's creation commands.
         * @param area   The container Area.
         * @param map   The container Map.
         * @param FSM   The calling FullScreenMario.
         * @returns Multiple Platforms.
         */
        macroPlatformGenerator(
            reference: IMacroPlatformGeneratorSettings,
            prethings: any[],
            area: IArea,
            map: IMap,
            FSM: FullScreenMario): any {
            var output: any[] = [],
                direction: number = reference.direction || 1,
                levels: number[] = direction > 0 ? [0, 48] : [8, 56],
                width: number = reference.width || 16,
                x: number = reference.x || 0,
                yvel: number = direction * FSM.unitsize * .42,
                i: number;

            for (i = 0; i < levels.length; i += 1) {
                output.push({
                    "thing": "Platform",
                    "x": x,
                    "y": levels[i],
                    "width": width,
                    "yvel": yvel,
                    "movement": FSM.movePlatformSpawn
                });
            }

            output.push({
                "thing": "PlatformString",
                "x": x + (width / 2) - .5,
                "y": FSM.MapScreener.floor,
                "width": 1,
                "height": FSM.MapScreener.height / FSM.unitsize
            });

            return output;
        }

        /**
         * Macro to place a Warp World group of Pipes, Texts, Piranhas, and 
         * detectors.
         * 
         * @alias WarpWorld
         * @param reference   Settings for a WarpWorld macro.
         * @param prethings   The container Area's creation commands.
         * @param area   The container Area.
         * @param map   The container Map.
         * @param FSM   The calling FullScreenMario.
         * @returns A Warp World group.
         */
        macroWarpWorld(
            reference: IMacroWarpWorldSettings,
            prethings: any[],
            area: IArea,
            map: IMap,
            FSM: FullScreenMario): any {
            var output: any[] = [],
                x: number = reference.x || 0,
                y: number = reference.y || 0,
                textHeight: number = reference.hasOwnProperty("textHeight") ? reference.textHeight : 8,
                warps: string[] = reference.warps,
                collectionName: string = "WarpWorldCollection-" + warps.join("."),
                keys: number[] = [],
                i: number;

            output.push({
                "thing": "CustomText",
                "x": x + 8,
                "y": y + textHeight + 56,
                "texts": [{
                    "text": "WELCOME TO WARP WORLD!"
                }],
                "textAttributes": {
                    "hidden": true
                },
                "collectionName": collectionName,
                "collectionKey": "Welcomer"
            });

            output.push({
                "thing": "DetectCollision",
                "x": x + 64,
                "y": y + 174,
                "width": 40,
                "height": 102,
                "activate": FSM.activateWarpWorld,
                "collectionName": collectionName,
                "collectionKey": "Detector"
            });

            for (i = 0; i < warps.length; i += 1) {
                keys.push(i);
                output.push({
                    "macro": "Pipe",
                    "x": x + 8 + i * 32,
                    "height": 24,
                    "transport": { "map": warps[i] + "-1" },
                    "collectionName": collectionName,
                    "collectionKey": i + "-Pipe"
                });
                output.push({
                    "thing": "Piranha",
                    "x": x + 12 + i * 32,
                    "y": y + 36,
                    "collectionName": collectionName,
                    "collectionKey": i + "-Piranha"
                });
                output.push({
                    "thing": "CustomText",
                    "x": x + 14 + i * 32,
                    "y": y + 32 + textHeight,
                    "texts": [{
                        "text": String(warps[i])
                    }],
                    "textAttributes": {
                        "hidden": true
                    },
                    "collectionName": collectionName,
                    "collectionKey": i + "-Text"
                });
            }

            if (warps.length === 1) {
                for (i = 2; i < output.length; i += 1) {
                    output[i].x += 32;
                }
            }

            return output;
        }

        /**
         * Macro to place a DetectCollision that will start the map spawning random
         * CheepCheeps intermittently.
         * 
         * @alias CheepsStart
         * @param reference   Settings for a CheepsStart macro.
         * @param prethings   The container Area's creation commands.
         * @param area   The container Area.
         * @param map   The container Map.
         * @param FSM   The calling FullScreenMario.
         * @returns A detector to start spawning CheepCheeps.
         */
        macroCheepsStart(
            reference: IMacroCheepsStartSettings,
            prethings: any[],
            area: IArea,
            map: IMap,
            FSM: FullScreenMario): any {
            return {
                "thing": "DetectCollision",
                "x": reference.x || 0,
                "y": FSM.MapScreener.floor,
                "width": reference.width || 8,
                "height": FSM.MapScreener.height / FSM.unitsize,
                "activate": FSM.activateCheepsStart
            };
        }

        /**
         * Macro to place a DetectCollision that will stop the map spawning random
         * CheepCheeps intermittently.
         * 
         * @alias CheepsStop
         * @param reference   Settings for a CheepsStop macro.
         * @param prethings   The container Area's creation commands.
         * @param area   The container Area.
         * @param map   The container Map.
         * @param FSM   The calling FullScreenMario.
         * @returns A detector to stop spawning CheepCheeps.
         */
        macroCheepsStop(
            reference: IMacroCheepsStopSettings,
            prethings: any[],
            area: IArea,
            map: IMap,
            FSM: FullScreenMario): any {
            return {
                "thing": "DetectCollision",
                "x": reference.x || 0,
                "y": FSM.MapScreener.floor,
                "width": reference.width || 8,
                "height": FSM.MapScreener.height / FSM.unitsize,
                "activate": FSM.activateCheepsStop
            };
        }

        /**
         * Macro to place a DetectCollision that will start the map spawning random
         * BulletBills intermittently.
         * 
         * @alias BulletBillsStart
         * @param reference   Settings for a BulletBillsStart macro.
         * @param prethings   The container Area's creation commands.
         * @param area   The container Area.
         * @param map   The container Map.
         * @param FSM   The calling FullScreenMario.
         * @returns A detector to start spawning BulletBills.
         */
        macroBulletBillsStart(
            reference: IMacroBulletBillsStartSettings,
            prethings: any[],
            area: IArea,
            map: IMap,
            FSM: FullScreenMario): any {
            return {
                "thing": "DetectCollision",
                "x": reference.x || 0,
                "y": FSM.MapScreener.floor,
                "width": reference.width || 8,
                "height": FSM.MapScreener.height / FSM.unitsize,
                "activate": FSM.activateBulletBillsStart
            };
        }

        /**
         * Macro to place a DetectCollision that will stop the map spawning random
         * BulletBills intermittently.
         * 
         * @alias BulletBillsStop
         * @param reference   Settings for a BulletBillsStop macro.
         * @param prethings   The container Area's creation commands.
         * @param area   The container Area.
         * @param map   The container Map.
         * @param FSM   The calling FullScreenMario.
         * @returns A detector to stop spawning BulletBills.
         */
        macroBulletBillsStop(
            reference: IMacroBulletBillsStopSettings,
            prethings: any[],
            area: IArea,
            map: IMap,
            FSM: FullScreenMario): any {
            return {
                "thing": "DetectCollision",
                "x": reference.x || 0,
                "y": FSM.MapScreener.floor,
                "width": reference.width || 8,
                "height": FSM.MapScreener.height / FSM.unitsize,
                "activate": FSM.activateBulletBillsStop
            };
        }

        /**
         * Macro to place a DetectCollision that will tell any current Lakitu to 
         * flee the scene.
         * 
         * @alias LakituStop
         * @param reference   Settings for a LakituStop macro.
         * @param prethings   The container Area's creation commands.
         * @param area   The container Area.
         * @param map   The container Map.
         * @param FSM   The calling FullScreenMario.
         * @returns A detector to cause any current Lakitu to flee.
         */
        macroLakituStop(
            reference: IMacroLakituStopSettings,
            prethings: any[],
            area: IArea,
            map: IMap,
            FSM: FullScreenMario): any {
            return {
                "thing": "DetectCollision",
                "x": reference.x || 0,
                "y": FSM.MapScreener.floor,
                "width": reference.width || 8,
                "height": FSM.MapScreener.height / FSM.unitsize,
                "activate": FSM.activateLakituStop
            };
        }

        /**
         * Macro to place a small castle, which is really a collection of sceneries.
         * 
         * @alias CastleSmall
         * @param reference   Settings for a CastleSmall macro.
         * @param prethings   The container Area's creation commands.
         * @param area   The container Area.
         * @param map   The container Map.
         * @param FSM   The calling FullScreenMario.
         * @returns A small castle.
         */
        macroCastleSmall(
            reference: IMacroCastleSettings,
            prethings: any[],
            area: IArea,
            map: IMap,
            FSM: FullScreenMario): any {
            var output: any[] = [],
                x: number = reference.x || 0,
                y: number = reference.y || 0,
                i: number,
                j: number;

            // Base filling left
            for (i = 0; i < 2; i += 1) { // x
                output.push({
                    "thing": "BrickHalf",
                    "x": x + i * 8,
                    "y": y + 4,
                    "position": "end"
                });

                for (j = 1; j < 3; j += 1) { // y
                    output.push({
                        "thing": "BrickPlain",
                        "x": x + i * 8,
                        "y": y + 4 + j * 8,
                        "position": "end"
                    });
                }
            }

            // Base filling right
            for (i = 0; i < 2; i += 1) { // x
                output.push({
                    "thing": "BrickHalf",
                    "x": x + 24 + i * 8,
                    "y": y + 4,
                    "position": "end"
                });

                for (j = 1; j < 3; j += 1) { // y
                    output.push({
                        "thing": "BrickPlain",
                        "x": x + 24 + i * 8,
                        "y": y + 4 + j * 8,
                        "position": "end"
                    });
                }
            }

            // Medium railing left
            output.push({
                "thing": "CastleRailing",
                "x": x,
                "y": y + 24,
                "position": "end"
            });

            // Medium railing center
            for (i = 0; i < 3; i += 1) {
                output.push({
                    "thing": "CastleRailingFilled",
                    "x": x + (i + 1) * 8,
                    "y": y + 24,
                    "position": "end"
                });
            }

            // Medium railing right
            output.push({
                "thing": "CastleRailing",
                "x": x + 32,
                "y": y + 24,
                "position": "end"
            });

            // Top railing
            for (i = 0; i < 3; i += 1) {
                output.push({
                    "thing": "CastleRailing",
                    "x": x + (i + 1) * 8,
                    "y": y + 40,
                    "position": "end"
                });
            }

            // Top bricking
            for (i = 0; i < 2; i += 1) {
                output.push({
                    "thing": "CastleTop",
                    "x": x + 8 + i * 12,
                    "y": y + 36,
                    "position": "end"
                });
            }

            // Door, and detector if required
            output.push({
                "thing": "CastleDoor",
                "x": x + 16,
                "y": y + 20,
                "position": "end"
            });
            if (reference.transport) {
                output.push({
                    "thing": "DetectCollision",
                    "x": x + 24,
                    "y": y + 16,
                    "height": 16,
                    "activate": FSM.collideCastleDoor,
                    "transport": reference.transport,
                    "position": "end"
                });
            }

            return output;
        }

        /**
         * Macro to place a large castle, which is really a collection of sceneries
         * underneath a small castle.
         * 
         * @alias CastleLarge
         * @param reference   Settings for a CastleLarge macro.
         * @param prethings   The container Area's creation commands.
         * @param area   The container Area.
         * @param map   The container Map.
         * @param FSM   The calling FullScreenMario.
         * @returns A large castle.
         */
        macroCastleLarge(
            reference: IMacroCastleSettings,
            prethings: any[],
            area: MapsCreatr.IMapsCreatrArea,
            map: MapsCreatr.IMapsCreatrMap,
            FSM: FullScreenMario): any {
            var output: any[] = [],
                x: number = reference.x || 0,
                y: number = reference.y || 0,
                i: number,
                j: number;

            output.push({
                "macro": "CastleSmall",
                "x": x + 16,
                "y": y + 48
            });

            // CastleWalls left
            for (i = 0; i < 2; i += 1) { // x
                output.push({
                    "thing": "CastleWall",
                    "x": x + i * 8,
                    "y": y + 48
                });
            }

            // Bottom doors with bricks on top
            for (i = 0; i < 3; i += 1) { // x
                output.push({
                    "thing": "CastleDoor",
                    "x": x + 16 + i * 16,
                    "y": y + 20,
                    "position": "end"
                });
                for (j = 0; j < 2; j += 1) {
                    output.push({
                        "thing": "BrickPlain",
                        "x": x + 16 + i * 16,
                        "y": y + 28 + j * 8
                    });
                    output.push({
                        "thing": "BrickHalf",
                        "x": x + 16 + i * 16,
                        "y": y + 40 + j * 4
                    });
                }
            }

            // Bottom bricks with doors on top
            for (i = 0; i < 2; i += 1) { // x
                for (j = 0; j < 3; j += 1) { // y
                    output.push({
                        "thing": "BrickPlain",
                        "x": x + 24 + i * 16,
                        "y": y + 8 + j * 8
                    });
                }
                output.push({
                    "thing": "CastleDoor",
                    "x": x + 24 + i * 16,
                    "y": y + 44
                });
            }

            // Railing (filled)
            for (i = 0; i < 5; i += 1) { // x
                output.push({
                    "thing": "CastleRailingFilled",
                    "x": x + 16 + i * 8,
                    "y": y + 48
                });
            }

            // CastleWalls right
            j = reference.hasOwnProperty("walls") ? reference.walls : 2;
            for (i = 0; i < j; i += 1) { // x
                output.push({
                    "thing": "CastleWall",
                    "x": x + 56 + i * 8,
                    "y": y + 48,
                    "position": "end"
                });
            }

            if (reference.transport) {
                output.push({
                    "thing": "DetectCollision",
                    "x": x + 24,
                    "y": y + 16,
                    "height": 16,
                    "activate": FSM.collideCastleDoor,
                    "transport": reference.transport,
                    "position": "end"
                });
            }

            return output;
        }

        /**
         * Macro to place the typical starting Things for the inside of a castle
         * area.
         * 
         * @alias StartInsideCastle
         * @param reference   Settings for a StartInsideCastle macro.
         * @returns A starting zone for the inside of a castle.
         */
        macroStartInsideCastle(reference: IMacroStartInsideCastleSettings): any {
            var x: number = reference.x || 0,
                y: number = reference.y || 0,
                width: number = (reference.width || 0) - 40,
                output: any[] = [
                    {
                        "thing": "Stone",
                        "x": x,
                        "y": y + 48,
                        "width": 24,
                        "height": Infinity
                    },
                    {
                        "thing": "Stone",
                        "x": x + 24,
                        "y": y + 40,
                        "width": 8,
                        "height": Infinity
                    },
                    {
                        "thing": "Stone",
                        "x": x + 32,
                        "y": y + 32,
                        "width": 8,
                        "height": Infinity
                    }];

            if (width > 0) {
                output.push({
                    "macro": "Floor",
                    "x": x + 40,
                    "y": y + 24,
                    "width": width
                });
            }

            return output;
        }

        /**
         * Macro to place the typical ending Things for the inside of an outdoor
         * area.
         * 
         * @alias EndOutsideCastle
         * @param reference   Settings for an EndOutsideCastle macro.
         * @param prethings   The container Area's creation commands.
         * @param area   The container Area.
         * @param map   The container Map.
         * @param FSM   The calling FullScreenMario.
         * @returns An outdoors castle ending.
         */
        macroEndOutsideCastle(
            reference: IMacroEndOutsideCastleSettings,
            prethings: any[],
            area: MapsCreatr.IMapsCreatrArea,
            map: MapsCreatr.IMapsCreatrMap,
            FSM: FullScreenMario): any {
            var x: number = reference.x || 0,
                y: number = reference.y || 0,
                collectionName: string = "EndOutsideCastle-" + [
                    reference.x, reference.y, reference.large
                ].join(","),
                output: any[];

            // Output starts off with the general flag & collision detection
            output = [
                // Initial collision detector
                {
                    "thing": "DetectCollision", x: x, y: y + 108, height: 100,
                    "activate": FullScreenMario.prototype.collideFlagpole,
                    "activateFail": FullScreenMario.prototype.killNormal,
                    "noActivateDeath": true,
                    "collectionName": collectionName,
                    "collectionKey": "DetectCollision"
                },
                // Flag (scenery)
                {
                    "thing": "Flag", "x": x - 4.5, "y": y + 79.5,
                    "collectionName": collectionName,
                    "collectionKey": "Flag"
                },
                {
                    "thing": "FlagTop", "x": x + 1.5, "y": y + 84,
                    "collectionName": collectionName,
                    "collectionKey": "FlagTop"
                },
                {
                    "thing": "FlagPole", "x": x + 3, "y": y + 80,
                    "collectionName": collectionName,
                    "collectionKey": "FlagPole"
                },
                // Bottom stone
                {
                    "thing": "Stone", "x": x, "y": y + 8,
                    "collectionName": collectionName,
                    "collectionKey": "FlagPole"
                }];

            if (reference.large) {
                output.push({
                    "macro": "CastleLarge",
                    "x": x + (reference.castleDistance || 24),
                    "y": y,
                    "transport": reference.transport,
                    "walls": reference.walls || 8
                });
            } else {
                output.push({
                    "macro": "CastleSmall",
                    "x": x + (reference.castleDistance || 32),
                    "y": y,
                    "transport": reference.transport
                });
            }

            return output;
        }

        /**
         * Macro to place the typical ending Things for the inside of a castle area.
         * 
         * @alias EndInsideCastle
         * @param reference   Settings for an EndInsideCastle macro.
         * @param prethings   The container Area's creation commands.
         * @param area   The container Area.
         * @param map   The container Map.
         * @param FSM   The calling FullScreenMario.
         * @returns An ending zone for inside a castle.
         */
        macroEndInsideCastle(
            reference: IMacroEndInsideCastleSettings,
            prethings: any[],
            area: IArea,
            map: IMap,
            FSM: FullScreenMario): any {
            var x: number = reference.x || 0,
                y: number = reference.y || 0,
                npc: string = reference.npc || "Toad",
                output: any[],
                texts: any[],
                keys: string[];

            if (npc === "Toad") {
                keys = ["1", "2"];
                texts = [
                    {
                        "thing": "CustomText",
                        "x": x + 164,
                        "y": y + 64,
                        "texts": [{
                            "text": "THANK YOU MARIO!"
                        }],
                        "textAttributes": {
                            "hidden": true
                        },
                        "collectionName": "endInsideCastleText",
                        "collectionKey": "1"
                    }, {
                        "thing": "CustomText",
                        "x": x + 152,
                        "y": y + 48,
                        "texts": [
                            {
                                "text": "BUT OUR PRINCESS IS IN"
                            }, {
                                "text": "ANOTHER CASTLE!"
                            }],
                        "textAttributes": {
                            "hidden": true
                        },
                        "collectionName": "endInsideCastleText",
                        "collectionKey": "2"
                    }];
            } else if (npc === "Peach") {
                keys = ["1", "2", "3"];
                texts = [
                    {
                        "thing": "CustomText",
                        "x": x + 164,
                        "y": y + 64,
                        "texts": [{
                            "text": "THANK YOU MARIO!"
                        }],
                        "textAttributes": {
                            "hidden": true
                        },
                        "collectionName": "endInsideCastleText",
                        "collectionKey": "1"
                    }, {
                        "thing": "CustomText",
                        "x": x + 152,
                        "y": y + 48,
                        "texts": [
                            {
                                "text": "YOUR QUEST IS OVER.",
                                "offset": 12
                            }, {
                                "text": "WE PRESENT YOU A NEW QUEST."
                            }],
                        "textAttributes": {
                            "hidden": true
                        },
                        "collectionName": "endInsideCastleText",
                        "collectionKey": "2"
                    }, {
                        "thing": "CustomText",
                        "x": x + 152,
                        "y": 32,
                        "texts": [
                            {
                                "text": "PRESS BUTTON B",
                                "offset": 8
                            }, {
                                "text": "TO SELECT A WORLD"
                            }],
                        "textAttributes": {
                            "hidden": true
                        },
                        "collectionName": "endInsideCastleText",
                        "collectionKey": "3"
                    }];
            }

            output = [
                { "thing": "Stone", "x": x, "y": y + 88, "width": 256 },
                { "macro": "Water", "x": x, "y": y, "width": 104 },
                // Bridge & Bowser area
                { "thing": "CastleBridge", "x": x, "y": y + 24, "width": 104 },
                {
                    "thing": "Bowser", "x": x + 69, "y": y + 42,
                    "hard": reference.hard,
                    "spawnType": reference.spawnType || "Goomba",
                    "throwing": reference.throwing
                },
                { "thing": "CastleChain", "x": x + 96, "y": y + 32 },
                // Axe area
                { "thing": "CastleAxe", "x": x + 104, "y": y + 40 },
                { "thing": "ScrollBlocker", "x": x + 112 },
                { "macro": "Floor", "x": x + 104, "y": y, "width": 152 },
                {
                    "thing": "Stone", "x": x + 104, "y": y + 32,
                    "width": 24, "height": 32
                },
                {
                    "thing": "Stone", "x": x + 112, "y": y + 80,
                    "width": 16, "height": 24
                },
                // Peach's Magical Happy Chamber of Fantastic Love
                {
                    "thing": "DetectCollision", "x": x + 180,
                    "activate": FSM.collideCastleNPC,
                    "transport": reference.transport,
                    "collectionName": "endInsideCastleText",
                    "collectionKey": "npc",
                    "collectionKeys": keys
                },
                { "thing": npc, "x": x + 200, "y": 13 },
                { "thing": "ScrollBlocker", "x": x + 256 }
            ];

            if (reference.topScrollEnabler) {
                output.push({
                    "thing": "ScrollEnabler",
                    "x": x + 96, "y": y + 140,
                    "height": 52, "width": 16
                });
                output.push({
                    "thing": "ScrollEnabler",
                    "x": x + 240, "y": y + 140,
                    "height": 52, "width": 16
                });
            }

            output.push.apply(output, texts);
            return output;
        }

        /**
         * Macro to place a DetectSpawn that will call activateSectionBefore to 
         * start a stretch section.
         * 
         * @alias Section
         * @param reference   Settings for a Section macro.
         * @param prethings   The container Area's creation commands.
         * @param area   The container Area.
         * @param map   The container Map.
         * @param FSM   The calling FullScreenMario.
         * @returns A section.
         */
        macroSection(
            reference: IMacroSectionSettings,
            prethings: any[],
            area: IArea,
            map: IMap,
            FSM: FullScreenMario): any {
            return {
                "thing": "DetectSpawn",
                "x": reference.x || 0,
                "y": reference.y || 0,
                "activate": FSM.activateSectionBefore,
                "section": reference.section || 0
            };
        }

        /**
         * Macro to place a DetectCollision to mark the current section as passed.
         * 
         * @alias SectionPass
         * @param reference   Settings for a SectionPass macro.
         * @returns A section pass detector.
         */
        macroSectionPass(reference: IMacroSectionPassSettings): any {
            return {
                "thing": "DetectCollision",
                "x": reference.x || 0,
                "y": reference.y || 0,
                "width": reference.width || 8,
                "height": reference.height || 8,
                "activate": function (thing: IThing): void {
                    thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Coin");
                    thing.FSM.MapScreener.sectionPassed = true;
                }
            };
        }

        /**
         * Macro to place a DetectCollision to mark the current section as failed.
         * 
         * @alias SectionFail
         * @param reference   Settings for a SectionFail macro.
         * @returns A section fail detector.
         */
        macroSectionFail(reference: IMacroSectionFailSettings): any {
            return [
                {
                    "thing": "DetectCollision",
                    "x": reference.x,
                    "y": reference.y,
                    "width": reference.width || 8,
                    "height": reference.height || 8,
                    "activate": function (thing: IThing): void {
                        thing.FSM.AudioPlayer.play("Fail");
                        thing.FSM.MapScreener.sectionPassed = false;
                    }
                }
            ];
        }

        /**
         * Macro to place a DetectSpawn that will spawn a following section based on
         * whether the current one was marked as passed or failed.
         * 
         * @alias SectionDecider
         * @param reference   Settings for a SectionDecider macro.
         * @param prethings   The container Area's creation commands.
         * @param area   The container Area.
         * @param map   The container Map.
         * @param FSM   The calling FullScreenMario.
         * @returns A section decider detector.
         */
        macroSectionDecider(reference: IMacroSectionDeciderSettings): any {
            return {
                "thing": "DetectSpawn",
                "x": reference.x || 0,
                "y": reference.y || 0,
                "activate": function (thing: ISectionDetector): void {
                    if (thing.FSM.MapScreener.sectionPassed) {
                        thing.section = reference.pass || 0;
                    } else {
                        thing.section = reference.fail || 0;
                    }
                    thing.FSM.activateSectionBefore(thing);
                }
            };
        }


        /* Miscellaneous utilities
        */

        /**
         * Ensures the current object is a GameStartr by throwing an error if it 
         * is not. This should be used for functions in any GameStartr descendants
         * that have to call 'this' to ensure their caller is what the programmer
         * expected it to be.
         * 
         * @param {Mixed} current   
         */
        ensureCorrectCaller(current: any): FullScreenMario {
            if (!(current instanceof FullScreenMario)) {
                throw new Error("A function requires the scope ('this') to be the "
                    + "manipulated FullScreenMario object. Unfortunately, 'this' is a "
                    + typeof (this) + ".");
            }
            return current;
        }
    }
}