Trick tweaks

Assets/Prefabs/Player.prefab

@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ MonoBehaviour:
   m_PrefabInstance: {fileID: 0}
   m_PrefabAsset: {fileID: 0}
   m_GameObject: {fileID: 3937090937419967315}
-  m_Enabled: 1
+  m_Enabled: 0
   m_EditorHideFlags: 0
   m_Script: {fileID: 11500000, guid: b88e05c37f07ccf48bcc436a9d7def5d, type: 3}
   m_Name: 

Assets/Prefabs/Trick.prefab

@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ MonoBehaviour:
   avoidPlayerWeight: 0.25
   avoidTrickWeight: 0.2
   wanderWeight: 0.4
+  maxTricks: 50
   jumpImpulse: 6
   jumpCooldown: 1
   jumpChancePerSecond: 0.5

Assets/Scripts/TrickController.cs

@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using UnityEngine;
 
+using Random = UnityEngine.Random;
+
 [RequireComponent(typeof(Rigidbody2D))]
 [RequireComponent(typeof(Collider2D))]
 public class TrickController : MonoBehaviour
 {
+    private static readonly List<TrickController> ActiveTricks = new List<TrickController>();
+    private static PlayerPlatformerController[] cachedPlayers = Array.Empty<PlayerPlatformerController>();
+    private static float nextPlayerCacheTime;
+
     [SerializeField] private string treatTag = "Interactable";
     [SerializeField] private float moveSpeed = 3.5f;
     [SerializeField] private float targetRefreshInterval = 0.4f;
@@ -18,6 +25,7 @@ public class TrickController : MonoBehaviour
     [SerializeField] private float avoidPlayerWeight = 0.25f;
     [SerializeField] private float avoidTrickWeight = 0.2f;
     [SerializeField] private float wanderWeight = 0.4f;
+    [SerializeField] private int maxTricks = 50;
     [SerializeField] private float jumpImpulse = 6f;
     [SerializeField] private float jumpCooldown = 1f;
     [SerializeField] private float jumpChancePerSecond = 0.5f;
@@ -44,6 +52,19 @@ public class TrickController : MonoBehaviour
         body.interpolation = RigidbodyInterpolation2D.Interpolate;
     }
 
+    private void OnEnable()
+    {
+        if (!ActiveTricks.Contains(this))
+        {
+            ActiveTricks.Add(this);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void OnDisable()
+    {
+        ActiveTricks.Remove(this);
+    }
+
 
     private void Update()
     {
@@ -88,6 +109,14 @@ public class TrickController : MonoBehaviour
             return;
         }
 
+        if (!IsGrounded())
+        {
+            var airborne = body.linearVelocity;
+            airborne.x = 0f;
+            body.linearVelocity = airborne;
+            return;
+        }
+
         Vector2 desiredVelocity;
         var stopForTreat = false;
         var avoidPlayerDirection = GetAvoidPlayerDirection();
@@ -203,6 +232,11 @@ public class TrickController : MonoBehaviour
 
     private void SpawnTrick(Vector3 position)
     {
+        if (maxTricks > 0 && ActiveTricks.Count >= maxTricks)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (trickPrefab != null)
         {
             Instantiate(trickPrefab, position, Quaternion.identity);
@@ -214,7 +248,13 @@ public class TrickController : MonoBehaviour
 
     private float GetAvoidPlayerDirection()
     {
-        var players = FindObjectsByType<PlayerPlatformerController>(FindObjectsSortMode.None);
+        if (Time.time >= nextPlayerCacheTime)
+        {
+            cachedPlayers = FindObjectsByType<PlayerPlatformerController>(FindObjectsSortMode.None);
+            nextPlayerCacheTime = Time.time + 0.5f;
+        }
+
+        var players = cachedPlayers;
         if (players == null || players.Length == 0)
         {
             return 0f;
@@ -249,8 +289,7 @@ public class TrickController : MonoBehaviour
 
     private float GetAvoidTrickDirection()
     {
-        var tricks = FindObjectsByType<TrickController>(FindObjectsSortMode.None);
+        if (ActiveTricks.Count <= 1)
-        if (tricks == null || tricks.Length <= 1)
         {
             return 0f;
         }
@@ -258,9 +297,9 @@ public class TrickController : MonoBehaviour
         Transform closest = null;
         var closestDist = float.MaxValue;
         var origin = transform.position;
-        for (var i = 0; i < tricks.Length; i++)
+        for (var i = 0; i < ActiveTricks.Count; i++)
         {
-            var candidate = tricks[i];
+            var candidate = ActiveTricks[i];
             if (candidate == null || candidate == this || !candidate.gameObject.activeInHierarchy)
             {
                 continue;