destroyulator/game/scripts/Rage.gd

extends Node
class_name Rage

## The tilt meter — the thing the whole game now hangs off.
##
## You are at work. Work is provoking. The meter fills. When it fills all the way you
## SNAP, and for the next half minute you are not allowed to be a functioning employee:
## you have to wreck things until it drains. Then you go back to your desk and try again.
##
## THE SCORING TENSION (this is the design, not an implementation detail):
## rage drains a FIXED amount per thing destroyed, but the damages bill is that thing's
## value. So during a meltdown the optimal play is to smash a lot of cheap rubbish very
## fast — cartons, paperwork, monitors — rather than putting the sledgehammer through a
## filing cabinet. You are forced to lose your temper; you get to choose how expensive
## losing your temper is.
##
## States:
##   WORKING ..... doing tasks. Provocations raise the meter, clean work lowers it.
##   MELTDOWN .... forced destruction window. Destroying drains. Standing still does not
##                 — the timer stalls if you aren't actually breaking anything, because
##                 "you MUST destroy shit when you are falling down".
##   COOLDOWN .... a couple of seconds of shaking hands before work resumes.
##
## Godot 4.7 GDScript 2.0.

enum State { WORKING, MELTDOWN, COOLDOWN }

## Seconds a meltdown lasts if you never stop swinging.
@export var meltdown_time: float = 32.0
## Seconds of trembling before you're expected to be productive again.
@export var cooldown_time: float = 2.5
## Fraction of the meter one destroyed object drains, regardless of what it was worth.
@export var drain_per_smash: float = 0.075
## Meter gained per second just from existing in an office.
@export var ambient_provoke: float = 0.008
## Meter lost per second while a task is going cleanly.
@export var focus_soothe: float = 0.010
## If you go this long during a meltdown without breaking anything, the clock stalls.
@export var idle_stall_after: float = 2.0

var state: int = State.WORKING
var value: float = 0.0                 ## 0..1
var meltdown_left: float = 0.0
var last_reason: String = ""

var _phase: float = 0.0                # heartbeat phase, 0..1, drives the throb
var _since_smash: float = 0.0
var _cooldown_left: float = 0.0
var _stalled: bool = false

signal snapped()                       ## the meter hit 1.0 — meltdown begins
signal calmed()                        ## back to work
signal provoked(amount: float, reason: String)

# ---------------------------------------------------------------- inputs
## Something at work just happened to you.
func provoke(amount: float, reason: String) -> void:
	if state != State.WORKING:
		return
	value = clampf(value + amount, 0.0, 1.0)
	last_reason = reason
	provoked.emit(amount, reason)
	if value >= 1.0:
		_snap()

## A task went right. Small relief — never enough to keep up on its own.
func soothe(amount: float) -> void:
	if state != State.WORKING:
		return
	value = clampf(value - amount, 0.0, 1.0)

## Main calls this for every object destroyed, in any state.
func on_smashed() -> void:
	_since_smash = 0.0
	_stalled = false
	if state == State.MELTDOWN:
		value = clampf(value - drain_per_smash, 0.0, 1.0)
		if value <= 0.0:
			_calm()

func _snap() -> void:
	state = State.MELTDOWN
	value = 1.0
	meltdown_left = meltdown_time
	_since_smash = 0.0
	_stalled = false
	snapped.emit()

func _calm() -> void:
	state = State.COOLDOWN
	_cooldown_left = cooldown_time
	value = clampf(value, 0.0, 0.25)
	meltdown_left = 0.0
	calmed.emit()

# ---------------------------------------------------------------- per-frame
func _process(dt: float) -> void:
	# heartbeat runs in every state; it's the player's read on how close they are
	_phase = fposmod(_phase + dt * bpm() / 60.0, 1.0)

	match state:
		State.WORKING:
			value = clampf(value + ambient_provoke * dt, 0.0, 1.0)
			if value >= 1.0:
				_snap()
		State.MELTDOWN:
			_since_smash += dt
			# the clock only runs while you're actually wrecking something
			_stalled = _since_smash > idle_stall_after
			if not _stalled:
				meltdown_left -= dt
				if meltdown_left <= 0.0:
					_calm()
		State.COOLDOWN:
			_cooldown_left -= dt
			value = maxf(0.0, value - dt * 0.10)
			if _cooldown_left <= 0.0:
				state = State.WORKING

# ---------------------------------------------------------------- reads
## Resting 62 bpm, 168 at the edge — the audible version of the meter.
func bpm() -> float:
	if state == State.MELTDOWN:
		return 172.0
	return lerpf(62.0, 168.0, value * value)

## 0..1 within the current heartbeat. Two thumps per cycle (lub-dub).
func pulse() -> float:
	var p := _phase
	var lub := exp(-pow((p - 0.02) / 0.055, 2.0))
	var dub := exp(-pow((p - 0.20) / 0.070, 2.0)) * 0.6
	return clampf(lub + dub, 0.0, 1.0)

func is_meltdown() -> bool:
	return state == State.MELTDOWN

func is_stalled() -> bool:
	return state == State.MELTDOWN and _stalled

func state_name() -> String:
	match state:
		State.MELTDOWN: return "MELTDOWN"
		State.COOLDOWN: return "COOLDOWN"
	return "WORKING"

## Short line for the HUD, in the voice of the game.
func status_line() -> String:
	match state:
		State.MELTDOWN:
			if _stalled:
				return "BREAK SOMETHING"
			return "%02ds" % int(ceil(meltdown_left))
		State.COOLDOWN:
			return "…breathe…"
	if value > 0.86:
		return "you are about to do something"
	if value > 0.62:
		return "unclench your jaw"
	if value > 0.34:
		return "it's fine. it's fine."
	return ""