send the initial state to clients

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kennel/engine/entities/entity.py b/kennel/engine/entities/entity.py
index 0ca8666..b72e996 100644
--- a/kennel/engine/entities/entity.py
+++ b/kennel/engine/entities/entity.py
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ class Entity:
     def add_component(self, component: Component) -> None:
         self.components[component.component_type] = component
 
+    def to_dict(self) -> dict:
+        return {
+            "entity_type": self.entity_type,
+            "id": self.id,
+            "components": {k: v.dict() for k, v in self.components.items()},
+        }
+
 
 class EntityManager:
     def __init__(self):
@@ -58,3 +65,6 @@ class EntityManager:
 
     def get_entity(self, entity_id: str) -> Optional[Entity]:
         return self.entities.get(entity_id)
+
+    def to_dict(self) -> dict:
+        return {k: v.to_dict() for k, v in self.entities.items()}