AI: adjust balance + HUMAN: add time to show the pattern and fix a filename

main.py

@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ def onAppStart(app):
     app.skillCheckSpeed = 1
     app.skillCheckBars = [] # tuples of (position, length)
     app.skillCheckFailed = False
+    app.showPatternTimer = 30
 
     #FISHING
     app.fishingTimer = 0
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ def resetFishingState(app):
     app.skillCheckSpeed = 1
     app.skillCheckBars = [] # list of tuples of form (position, length)
     app.skillCheckFailed = False
+    app.showPatternTimer = 30
 
     app.hookedFish = None
     app.fishingTimer = 0
@@ -225,7 +227,7 @@ def pickRandomCreature(app):
     print("max difficulty:", max_difficulty)
     
     #here we take the root of the difficulty to represent the weight of that fish, this makes higher difficulty fish easier to catch once unlocked
-    k = 0.5
+    k = 0.75
     #invert the difficulty and add one so it avoids zero
     possibilities = [(creature["name"], (max_difficulty - creature["difficulty"] + 1) ** k) for creature in app.creatures if creature["difficulty"] <= max_difficulty]
     print("possibilities:",possibilities)
@@ -262,14 +264,14 @@ def startSkillCheck(app, creature):
 
     app.skillCheckSpeed = max(difficulty / fishingPower, 5) #this got INCREDIBLY slow with good upgrades
 
-    numBars = difficulty // 10 - sum([upgrade[2] for upgrade in AVAILABLE_UPGRADES if (upgrade[0] in app.save["owned_upgrades"] and upgrade[1] == "count")])
+    numBars = difficulty // 15 - sum([upgrade[2] for upgrade in AVAILABLE_UPGRADES if (upgrade[0] in app.save["owned_upgrades"] and upgrade[1] == "count")])
     numBars = max(numBars, 1)
 
     lastPos = 0
     lastLen = 0
     while len(app.skillCheckBars) < numBars:
         #50 is default length, adjust it proportionally to difficulty, then add upgrade length multipliers. also set to int instead of float
-        newLen = random.randrange(int((1 - (difficulty / 100)) * 50 * math.prod([upgrade[2] for upgrade in AVAILABLE_UPGRADES if (upgrade[0] in app.save["owned_upgrades"] and upgrade[1] == "timing")])))
+        newLen = random.randrange(int((1 - (difficulty / 125)) * 60 * math.prod([upgrade[2] for upgrade in AVAILABLE_UPGRADES if (upgrade[0] in app.save["owned_upgrades"] and upgrade[1] == "timing")])))
         #take the end of the last bar, and add a random amount between 5 degrees
         #and the remaining amount to the end divided by the number of bars left
         lastEndPos = (lastPos + lastLen)
@@ -316,9 +318,12 @@ def onStep(app):
                 app.hookedFish = selectedCreature
                 startSkillCheck(app, selectedCreature)
         case "skill-check":
-            app.skillCheckAngle += app.skillCheckSpeed / 6 #this was far too fast
-            if (app.skillCheckAngle > 360):
-                finishSkillCheck(app)
+            if app.showPatternTimer < 1:
+                app.skillCheckAngle += app.skillCheckSpeed / 6 #this was far too fast
+                if (app.skillCheckAngle > 360):
+                    finishSkillCheck(app)
+            else:
+                app.showPatternTimer -= 1
 
 
 def onMousePress(app, mouseX, mouseY):
@@ -720,6 +725,7 @@ def drawDebug(app):
     activeBait: {app.save["current_bait"]}
     Angle: {rounded(app.skillCheckAngle)}
     NextBar: {app.skillCheckBars[0] if len(app.skillCheckBars) > 0 else "N/A"}
+    showPatternTimer: {rounded(app.showPatternTimer)}
     """
     debugLines = debugStr.splitlines()
     size = 16