PulseRunner

Game-manager component for Pulse Runner, a neon/synthwave 3D rhythm endless runner. Attach it to a single host entity (pulse_host). On awake it builds the neon track + runner and removes the default ground; in play mode update(dt) drives the whole game.

Gameplay

• The runner auto-runs forward in one of three lanes while the world scrolls toward the player at a ramping speed. Obstacles + beat-orbs spawn in time with the tempo (bpm).
• A / ← and D / → — switch lanes (dodge full blocks).
• Space / W / ↑ — jump (clear knee-high orange blocks).
• Down / S — slide (pass under purple overhead gates).
• Run through teal beat-orbs to bank score and grow the combo multiplier; clean dodges add to it too. Hitting an obstacle costs a life and resets the combo. Losing all lives ends the run.
• Space / R restarts from the game-over screen.
• The best score + distance persist in the world settings (pulse_best, pulse_bestdist). Audio: collect/hit SFX + a beat kick (procedural WAVs under /source/audio).

Public fields

• bpm — tempo (beats per minute) that drives spawn cadence.
• startSpeed — initial run speed in units/second.

Methods

• debugState() — snapshot of the live game state (for tooling/tests).
• forceReset() — restart the run immediately.

Pairs with the PulseCamera component, which the manager attaches to the active camera in play mode.