Teardown Message Scheduler

main.lua

message_scheduler = {
  messages = {},
  tick = function()
    local current_time = GetTime()
    local next_messages_state = {}

    for _, timed_message in ipairs(message_scheduler.messages) do
      if current_time >= timed_message.time then
        DebugPrint(timed_message.message)
      else
        table.insert(next_messages_state, timed_message)
      end
    end

    message_scheduler.messages = next_messages_state
  end,
  schedule_message = function(message, time)
    table.insert(
      message_scheduler.messages,
      {
        message = message,
        time = time
      }
    )
  end,
}

function init()
  message_scheduler.schedule_message("zero", 0)
  message_scheduler.schedule_message("five", 5)
end

function tick(delta_time)
  message_scheduler.tick()
end