Negative Collectable

Asteroid causing major speed loss

In this article we will create a negative pick up. For this we will use an asteroid.

Asteroid Logic in Pseudocode

If the asteroid hits the player it will slow down the player a lot for a few seconds
and also damage the player
If the asteroid is hit with the laser it is destroyed

Asteroid Script Code

private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other)
 {
    if (other.tag == “Laser”)
    {
       //destroy laser
       Destroy(other.gameObject);
       AsteroidDestroy();
    }
    else if (other.tag == “Player”)
    {
       Player player = other.GetComponent<Player>();
       player.PowerUpPickUp(“Asteroid”);
       player.Damage();
       AsteroidDestroy();
    }
}

Player Script Code

When the player script is called a coroutine is started that reduces speed greatly and disables the thruster game object for the visual effect.

_thruster.SetActive(false);
 _speed /= 5f;
 yield return new WaitForSeconds(3f);
 _thruster.SetActive(true);
 _speed *= 5f;

Asteroid Related VFX

The same looking asteroid will quickly become boring so let’s add some random elements to it.

Random rotation

In Start()

_speedRotation = Random.Range(-70, 70);

In Update()

transform.Rotate(Vector3.forward * _speedRotation * Time.deltaTime);

Random speed

In Start()

_speed = Random.Range(1f, 7f);

In Update()

transform.position += Vector3.down * _speed * Time.deltaTime;

Random size and explosion size

Randomly adjust the asteroid scale in Start():

_scale = Random.Range(-0.9f, 0.6f);
 _scaleChange = new Vector3(_scale, _scale, _scale);
 transform.localScale += _scaleChange;

Adjust the scale of the explosion:

GameObject explosion = Instantiate(explosionPrefab, transform.position, Quaternion.identity);
 explosion.transform.localScale += _scaleChange;