count down timer that counts down faster each round of a race

scitunes

I have made a racing type game in which you race against the clock. You need to get through the race course and complete a challenge each time. I want the timer to reset each lap (pretty sure I know how to do this) but I want the timer to count down faster (or have it set to a lower number) each lap so the game gets progressively harder.

Any thoughts on how to do this?

Thanks, guys!

Fafnir312

You could always just check the lap count and set the timer interval accordingly.

If lapCount = 3 then timer = 15 secs
if lapCount = 4 then timer = 10 secs
etc...

It's fairly simple but it ought to work.

scitunes

I was sitting here trying to think why I opted not to do this and it finally came to me. This method will work, but I will need to create rules for all of the possible laps that a player may complete. In my game the end occurs when the player is unable to complete the "challenge" that takes place during each lap before the time runs out. So a really good gamer could theoretically complete more laps than I have rules for. So I have been trying to have a game attribute that works as a multiplier. It starts out at 1 and each lap is lowered by .05. This attribute is then multplied by the timer (which is reset each lap). So lap 1 is 80 sec and lap 2 is 80sec times .95 and lap three is 80secs * .80, etc.. This way I don't have to create a rule for each lap. The problem seems to be that I set the multiplier attribute to an integer which can't be a decimal (duh!) so I think I will change it to a "real" attribute. If that doesn't work I will just bite the bullet and type out rules for each lap as you suggested. So I appreciate the suggestion as it gives me a very usable backup plan if I can't get my method to work. Thanks!