/**
     * //this was loosely adapted from a reddit post that I basically just used their general idea of
     * //1. Find the direction from evil avatar to avatar
     * //2. Convert this direction into a unit vector
     * //3. Move the avatar
     * Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/libgdx/comments/pm6545/how_to_make_an_enemy_follow_the_player/
     * //I also added some random movements from the evil avatar so that they don't
     * end up chasing the avatar too hard so that the user immediately loses and they rage quit :(
     */
//


    public void moveEvilAvatarTowardsPlayer() {
        int newX = evilX + Integer.compare(avatarX - evilX, 0);
        int newY = evilY + Integer.compare(avatarY - evilY, 0);

        if (newX == lastEvilX && newY == lastEvilY) {
            moveRandomly(); //make sure that it will just randomly move if they choose to stay in the same position
        } else if (canMoveTo(newX, newY)) {
            moveEvilAvatar(newX, newY);
        } else {
            moveRandomly();  //when in doubt just let this thing move randomly
        }
        lastEvilX = evilX;
        lastEvilY = evilY;
    }

    private void moveRandomly() {
        List<Point> possibleMoves = new ArrayList<>();
        for (int dx = -1; dx <= 1; dx++) {
            for (int dy = -1; dy <= 1; dy++) {
                if (dx == 0 && dy == 0) continue;
                int canx = evilX + dx;
                int cany = evilY + dy;
                if (canMoveTo(canx, cany)) {
                    possibleMoves.add(new Point(canx, cany));
                }
            }
        }

        if (!possibleMoves.isEmpty()) {
            Point randomMove = possibleMoves.get(random.nextInt(possibleMoves.size()));
            moveEvilAvatar(randomMove.x, randomMove.y);
        }
    }

    private boolean canMoveTo(int x, int y) {
        return x >= 0 && x < width && y >= 0 && y < height && tiles[x][y] == Tileset.FLOOR;
    }

    private void moveEvilAvatar(int newX, int newY) {
        tiles[evilX][evilY] = Tileset.FLOOR;
        evilX = newX;
        evilY = newY;
        tiles[evilX][evilY] = Tileset.EVIL;
    }

//in main 
//sets menu and HUD
                if (currentState == GameState.MENU) {
                    handleMenuChoice(currentKey);
                    needsRender = true;
                } else if (currentState == GameState.GAME_RUNNING) {
                    gameWorld.moveAvatar(currentKey);
                    gameWorld.moveEvilAvatarTowardsPlayer();
                    needsRender = true;
                }
            }