this.container.addChild(this.centerSprite);

    this.centerSprite.alpha = 0; // TESTING
    // this.container.addChild(this.centerSprite);

    // this.container.addChild(this.halfwayCenterSprite); // disable this for now - causes a fairly significant fps hit, until we get around to holding less nodes on the page at once

    // disable this sprite for now - causes a fairly significant fps hit, until we get around to holding less nodes on the page at once
    this.halfwayCenterSprite.alpha = 0;
    // this.container.addChild(this.halfwayCenterSprite);

export type PlayerIntentState = {
  justDown: boolean;
  justUp: boolean;
  down: boolean;
}

export function createPlayerIntentState() : PlayerIntentState {
  return {
    justDown: false,
    justUp: false,
    down: false
  }
}

  playerIntents: {
    decreaseZLevel: PlayerIntentState
    increaseZLevel: PlayerIntentState
    panLeft: PlayerIntentState
    panRight: PlayerIntentState
    panUp: PlayerIntentState
    panDown: PlayerIntentState
  }

      playerIntents: {
        decreaseZLevel: createPlayerIntentState(),
        increaseZLevel: createPlayerIntentState(),
        panLeft: createPlayerIntentState(),
        panRight: createPlayerIntentState(),
        panUp: createPlayerIntentState(),
        panDown: createPlayerIntentState(),
      }