I need help generating multiple versions of the same enemy. Here's all the necessary code I used to try and do just that, but it only ever generates one enemy on screen. The below code already has a Timer (enemyGen having an Interval = 2000, and eneMove having an Interval = 40) I'll put my thoughts on each line of code I think has a problem:

public FormDesign()
{
     eneGen = new int[3];
            EnAIaX = new int[3];
            EnAIaY = new int[3];
            for (int a = 0; a < 3; a++) //Will the random numbers all be different per array object?
            {
                EnAIaX[a] = new Random().Next(20, 500);
                EnAIaY[a] = new Random().Next(0, 0);
            }
}





 private void enemyGen_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {  
            
             
            if (eneCount < 3)//Enemy Activation: creates an enemy if there are less than 3 enemies
            {
                for (int a = 0; a <= 2; a++)
                {


                    eneGen[a] = 1;

                    if (a > 2)
                    { a = 0; }
                    eneCount++;

                }
            }
            
            
            for (int a = 0; a < 2; a++)
            {
                if (EnAIaY
                    [a] > 600)
                {
                    EnAIaX[a] = new Random().Next(20, 500);//Will the random number generated be different per array object?
                    EnAIaY[a] = new Random().Next(0, 0);
                    eneCount--;
                }

                if (a > 1)
                { a = 0; }
            }
        }

        private void eneMove_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            for (int a = 0; a < 2; a++)
            {
                if (eneGen[a] == 1)//creates BLUE ENEMY
                {

                    eneInA++;
                    EnAIaY[a] += 6;
                    eneCount++;
                    if (a >= 2)
                    { a = 0; }
                    if (eneInA > 2)
                    { eneInA = 0; }
                }
            }
            pbArea.Refresh();
        }

The singular enemy that comes out really does generate in random locations along the X-axis, but my end goal is to generate at least 3 of them at the same time. Please help a beginner out. :(

some annotations:

public FormDesign()
{
     eneGen = new int[3];
            EnAIaX = new int[3];
            EnAIaY = new int[3];
            for (int a = 0; a < 3; a++) //Will the random numbers all be different per array object?
            {
                EnAIaX[a] = new Random().Next(20, 500);
                EnAIaY[a] = new Random().Next(0, 0);
            }
}





 private void enemyGen_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {  
            
             
            if (eneCount < 3)//Enemy Activation: creates an enemy if there are less than 3 enemies
            {
                for (int a = 0; a <= 2; a++)
                {


                    eneGen[a] = 1;

                    if (a > 2) // What it this? Won't ever happen if a <= 2 as above
                    { a = 0; } //
                    eneCount++;

                }
            }
            
            
            for (int a = 0; a < 2; a++)
            {
                if (EnAIaY
                    [a] > 600)
                {
                    EnAIaX[a] = new Random().Next(20, 500);//Will the random number generated be different per array object?
                    EnAIaY[a] = new Random().Next(0, 0);
                    eneCount--;
                }

                if (a > 1) // Again, won't happen, if it would you program would hang, looping forever
                { a = 0; }
            }
        }

        private void eneMove_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            for (int a = 0; a < 2; a++)
            {
                if (eneGen[a] == 1)//creates BLUE ENEMY // does this create enemies? if so it creates only one
                {

                    eneInA++;
                    EnAIaY[a] += 6;
                    eneCount++;
                    if (a >= 2) // And again...
                    { a = 0; }  //
                    if (eneInA > 2)
                    { eneInA = 0; }
                }
            }
            pbArea.Refresh();
        }

That is to restart the loop. Once the for loop reaches that condition, it will start again from zero. Am I doing it wrong? The timer automatically starts as soon as the game starts so I have to keep the loop running indefinitely for it to generate an enemy every 2 seconds.

The code

"if(eneGen[a] == 1)"

along with

"eneGen[a] = 1;"

was supposed to generate enemies randomly based on a random number. For debugging purposes, I have set it to one, which is the required number for the enemy to actually spawn. Once I can spawn multiple enemies, I'll make it random again.

 if (eneCount < 3)//Enemy Activation: creates an enemy if there are less than 3 enemies
            {
                for (int a = 0; a <= 2; a++)
                {


                    eneGen[a] = 1;

                    if (a > 2) // What it this? Won't ever happen if a <= 2 as above
                    { a = 0; } //
                    eneCount++;

                }
            }

looking at this, when the loop runs, a will be 0,1,2 and then the loop exits. a will never be > 2 because in the loop-condition you said it must not be. so if(a>2){a=0;} simply does nothing because it never happens.
it is wrong, but probably not the reason your enemies don't spawn.

also you sometimes use a <= 2 , a < 3 and a < 2 in your for-loops, i don't know but it looks as if you always want to work on 3 items, not sometimes 2 and sometimes 3. in that case i would use a < 3, because it is best to read - when you look at it you know it will run 3 times.

it is not really clear to me what the code is supposed to be doing, seeing how most parts seem to not be doing anything at all. i'd advise you to use a lot of Console.Write()s to output your variables to console and see what your code actually does or doesn't do.

I've already declared

eneGen = new int[3];

I already tried that and yeah it still works. Actually, the game already runs. My problem is just that it spawns only one enemy. I declared an array of 3 enemies specificically because I want to spawn up to 3 of them at a rate of one enemy per second.

if (eneCount < 3)//Enemy Activation: creates an enemy if there are less than 3 enemies
            {
                for (int a = 0; a <= 2; a++)
                {


                    eneGen[a] = 1;

                    if (a > 2) // What it this? Won't ever happen if a <= 2 as above
                    { a = 0; } //
                    eneCount++;

                }
            }

That particular code means that I permanently set eneGen[a] to be 1. In the below code:

private void eneMove_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            for (int a = 0; a < 2; a++)
            {
                if (eneGen[a] == 1)//creates BLUE ENEMY // does this create enemies? if so it creates only one
                {

                    eneInA++;
                    EnAIaY[a] += 6;
                    eneCount++;
                    if (a >= 2) // And again...
                    { a = 0; }  //
                    if (eneInA > 2)
                    { eneInA = 0; }
                }
            }
            pbArea.Refresh();
        }

It says that if eneGen[a] ==1 (which I have already set to always have a value of 1), it will start the process of generating and making the enemy move downwards.

What I don't understand is that if I have a for loop to determine the existence of an enemy per eneGen[a] (which is up to 3), why is there only one enemy spawning? There should be 3 enemies spawning since I specifically randomized their spawn points.

Are you familiar with using a debugger? If you set a breakpoint in eneMove_Tick and step through (looking at variable values as you go), it should rapidly become clear what is going wrong. If you are good with a debugger, this should be a lot easier than trying to figure out what is going wrong by inspection. If you are not familiar with a debugger, this is a perfect time to start! This is a skill that you will need and use often.

I'm not great at understanding code through inspection. If I was to try to understand your code better, I would probably walk through it in a debugger myself.

Good luck!

Geoff