The Boost Button

Lesson 8 of 20 in Coddy's Godot Game: Neon Circuit course.

One more boost, this time yours to time. A meter fills over ten seconds; when it is full, Enter (or E) fires a one second boost and empties it.

if Input.is_action_just_pressed("action") and boost_charge >= 1.0:
	boost_charge = 0.0
	boost_time = 1.0

is_action_just_pressed is true only on the frame the key goes down, so holding Enter fires once. Fill the meter and show it on the HUD bar, whose width is its scale.x:

boost_charge = minf(1.0, boost_charge + delta / 10.0)
$"../HUD/Boost".scale.x = boost_charge

Challenge

Easy

Add var boost_charge := 0.0.
After reading the keys, fire the boost as above.
Then fill the meter and set the bar's width.
Press Play, wait for the bar to fill, and press Enter on a straight.

Try it yourself

extends Node2D

@export var accel := 260.0
@export var max_speed := 200.0
@export var turn_speed := 3.2
@export var drag := 0.6
@export var grip := 7.0

var velocity := Vector2.ZERO
var boost_time := 0.0

@onready var track: Node2D = $"../Track"


func _physics_process(delta: float) -> void:
	var throttle := Input.get_axis("move_down", "move_up")
	var steer := Input.get_axis("move_left", "move_right")

	var forward := Vector2.RIGHT.rotated(rotation)
	var speed := velocity.dot(forward)
	var top := max_speed
	var grip_now := grip
	if boost_time > 0.0:
		boost_time -= delta
		top = max_speed * 1.3
		velocity += forward * accel * delta
	for pad in get_tree().get_nodes_in_group("boost_pads"):
		if position.distance_to(pad.position) < 22.0:
			boost_time = maxf(boost_time, 0.4)
	for oil in get_tree().get_nodes_in_group("oil"):
		if position.distance_to(oil.position) < 20.0:
			grip_now = grip * 0.12
	if not track.is_on_road(position):
		top = max_speed * 0.45
		velocity *= 1.0 - 2.5 * delta

	if throttle < 0.0 and speed > 10.0:
		velocity += forward * throttle * accel * 1.6 * delta
	else:
		velocity += forward * throttle * accel * delta
	rotation += steer * turn_speed * delta * clampf(absf(speed) / 90.0, 0.0, 1.0) * signf(speed + 0.01)

	var side := forward.orthogonal()
	velocity -= side * velocity.dot(side) * minf(1.0, grip_now * delta)
	velocity *= 1.0 - drag * delta
	if velocity.length() > top:
		velocity = velocity.move_toward(velocity.limit_length(top), accel * 2.0 * delta)
	position += velocity * delta
	$Exhaust.emitting = throttle > 0.0 or boost_time > 0.0
	$Flame.visible = boost_time > 0.0