TO SQUASH: Added FruitBall prefab, animation, and script. Updated BallSpawner to spawn FruitBalls.

Assets/Scripts/Game/BallSpawner.cs

@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ public class BallSpawner : MonoBehaviour
         ballQueue.Enqueue(() => SpawnBasicBall());
         ballQueue.Enqueue(() => SpawnBasicBall());
         ballQueue.Enqueue(() => SpawnBasicBall());
-        ballQueue.Enqueue(() => SpawnBasicBall());
+        ballQueue.Enqueue(() => SpawnFruitBall());
+        ballQueue.Enqueue(() => SpawnFruitBall());
 
         StartCoroutine(SpawnBalls());
     }
@@ -47,6 +48,18 @@ public class BallSpawner : MonoBehaviour
         Instantiate(basicBallPrefab, spawnPosition, Quaternion.identity);
     }
 
+    private void SpawnFruitBall()
+    {
+        if (fruitBallPrefab == null || gameBoard == null)
+        {
+            Debug.LogWarning("BallSpawner: Missing fruitBallPrefab or gameBoard reference.");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Vector3 spawnPosition = GetRandomPositionInsideGameBoard();
+        Instantiate(fruitBallPrefab, spawnPosition, Quaternion.identity);
+    }
+
     private Vector3 GetRandomPositionInsideGameBoard()
     {
         Bounds bounds;

Assets/Scripts/Game/Balls/FruitBall.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+using UnityEngine;
+
+public class FruitBall : MonoBehaviour
+{
+    private Animator animator;
+
+    public AudioClip spawnSound;
+
+    public AudioClip bounceSound;
+
+    public AudioClip hitSound;
+
+    private AudioSource audioSource;
+
+    private Vector2 speed;
+
+    private float speedMultiplier = 1.0f;
+
+    private float speedIncreaseTimer = 0.0f;
+
+    // Start is called once before the first execution of Update after the MonoBehaviour is created
+    void Start()
+    {
+        audioSource = GetComponent<AudioSource>();
+        animator = GetComponent<Animator>();
+        speed = new Vector2(Mathf.Sign(Random.Range(-1f, 1f)) * 0.0001f,
+                            Mathf.Sign(Random.Range(-1f, 1f)) * 0.0001f);
+
+        audioSource.PlayOneShot(spawnSound);
+    }
+
+    // Update is called once per frame
+    void Update()
+    {
+        AnimatorStateInfo stateInfo = animator.GetCurrentAnimatorStateInfo(0);
+
+        if (stateInfo.IsName("FruitBallMove")) {
+            transform.Translate(speed * speedMultiplier);
+        }
+
+        if (speedIncreaseTimer > 0.0f)
+        {
+            speedIncreaseTimer -= Time.deltaTime;
+            if (speedIncreaseTimer <= 0.0f)
+            {
+                speedMultiplier = 1.0f; // Reset the speed multiplier to 1x
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    void OnCollisionEnter2D(Collision2D collision)
+    {
+        if (collision.gameObject.CompareTag("Wall") || collision.gameObject.CompareTag("Ball"))
+        {
+            ContactPoint2D contact = collision.GetContact(0);
+            speed = Vector2.Reflect(speed, contact.normal);
+
+            if (collision.gameObject.CompareTag("Ball"))
+            {
+                speedIncreaseTimer = 2.0f; // Reset the timer to 2 seconds
+                speedMultiplier = 50.0f; // Set the speed multiplier to 7x
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}

Assets/Scripts/Game/Balls/FruitBall.cs.meta

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
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