I am currently trying to make a UI widget where a circle will move to a certain point on a bar that is linked to a certain value. I currently have it set up to a normal progress bar, however because they use a value of 0-1, I can’t get the effect i’m after.
There is a variable which holds the max amount of pick-ups in the level, and the current pick-ups that still need collecting. I want each end of the bar to represent the max amount of pick-ups in the level, and the centre of the bar to be 0. As the player moves about the level, more pick-ups may pop up as they are collecting others. The idea is that the bar will slide back and forth between these values, almost like a balance meter and the player is trying to find that sweet spot in the middle.
Hopefully the images below better demonstrate what I mean.
The current bar which is a regular progress bar that depletes as items are collected:
What determines on the circle’s direction? If there are 6 items left on the level to pickup (your last image), why would the circle go to the right over the left? Just trying to understand your question better
The bar is supposed to represent a stress bar where the circle goes back and forth to appear like a balance bar where the player has to find that sweet spot in the middle which would be ‘0’ or that ‘zen’ moment. Having a 6 on either end where the circle will go to either at random when there are 6 items left was the only way I could think to simulate the balance bar feeling i’m after.
Of course i feel like i’m overthinking it, so i would be open to anymore suggestions on how to achieve this instead
If the level starts with X pickups, will the max number of pickups that spawn on that level always be **X **or is there a chance that you could start the level with **X **pickups but some point during the game you could end up with X+n?
It is possible that you can start the level with X+n , I thought it would be better to have the end points of the bar at 6+ instead of 6 because it is possible for the value to go above that in multiple levels
