[Resolved]Infinite Runner Environment Advice kindly Requested

Good Day All

I am doing an Infinite Runner Game and i used an existing Asset which i modified nicely to give me what i want. Since this is an Infinite Runner game like your "Subway Surfers" game, i have this huge Terrain that the runner is Running on. Now i feel like the Scene will be to small because the character will be Running. Is there a way to reproduce a portion of the scene, which is a Street with rare and houses in between and a few Streetlights.

1) Can i reproduce this as the character is running and dispose them after the character has passed them ?
2) Is it a performance hit to spawn the environment or is it a good idea to create a static environment until the scene or the running end ?
3) Is a good practice or option to Spawn Obstacles and also Powerups as the character comes close to them ?

Thanks for Advice

 

1 - yes
2 - research on this subject seems to indicate this is how most infinite runners are designed.
3 - this is a design decision which I think you should prototype. All infinite runners are not the same. Flappy bird clone 1000, shuttle ride to the cosmos and temple run clones are a lot different than hardkour, bosonX and vector. Researching some runners which are similar to how you want you game to be is time well spent.

 

Thank you for the response. it was Valuable.

 

Don't know if you're still looking for info on this, but the environment artists over at Naughty Dog did a great article in the first issue of vertex regarding how they built the stagecoach level. It's free to download and you can find it here: http://artbypapercut.com/

 

Thanks , i will have a look, buti see the Asserts Store has some startups for this , which are already optimised