I''m creating a 2D sidescrolling double dragon-style game and I have some questions: How does a game like Double Dragon have the enemies track the player. Do they find the angle between the player and enemy and set that enemy to the new angle? Or would they do something more simplistic and just do a bunch of if-statements and move the enemy closer to the player? Another problem I have is determining if the enemy is in front or behind the player so they can attack. Because an enemy can''t do a forward punch from "above" or "below" the player....How would I handle this? Any suggestions? Thanks.

I would just have the enemy gradually match the player''s y coordinate while simultaneously matching the x coordinate +/- some small offset (+ or - depending on if the enemy''s x coordinate started off greater than or less than the player''s)