Speed Up

[mmmdule]

Speed up is here, folks! (I think so)

So everybody's been asking about it and here's a way it could work.

(This will all only apply to odd numbered levels)

At certain points in the levels, a prompt will appear saying "GAS" or "TURBO" (or whatever) and it will give the player the option to speed up. (Maybe bonus points for doing it?)

As a base for this, use the SpeedChange script currently being worked on in the JSON-test branch.

Maybe even add a slow down button that appears once speed is increased by the player. If the player slows down, they will lose the bonus. The slowdown will bring the speed back to default.

Things to watch out for

Add speed-up points only after all cones are gone, so that the potential speed up doesn't conflict with them.
For this reason Level 7 with the Cone-Solo sequence will not have a speed up situation.

[mmmdule]

Holding the turbo button down

Maybe it should be held down by the player.

Holding it down provides the boost (maybe even with a slight incremental increase of 0.00015 or something). The boost spots get faster based on the turbo List<> that we have right now.

This could become somewhat of a skill challenge by giving the player bonus points for holding down the turbo button.

Possible issues

• The performance cost of constantly changing speeds for all the objects (if the incremental increase is used) could be a big issue.

• The levels could get way ouy of sync with the song length due to the shifts in speed. This could be remedied by adding more obstacles onto the level (and into the JSON via backup scenes). Check it out during testing.

Text change

Change the button text to Boost and the flashing TURBO text could be changed to Speed Bonus. It could be placed in the same line as the Score and Combo texts, while still remaining centered like it is now.

[mmmdule]

Maybe Speed could be Mathf lerp-ed for a smooth speed-up/speed-down? (performance could be impacted by this though)

Could sound be altered by adding reverb or any other effect when going fast, to simulate the way sound changes when driving fast?

[mmmdule]

Audio Pitch

Increase the pitch of the song AudioSource by the same percentage that the speed is increased, for further prevention of the layout change that might occure due to the change in speed.