using UnityEngine;

// Tiny self-animating effect: squeezes the object's X/Z to nothing (and stretches Y) over
// `duration`, then destroys it. Used for the target spawn beam.
public class FxShrink : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float duration = 0.45f;
    public float stretch = 1.6f;

    Vector3 startScale;
    float startTime;

    void Start()
    {
        startScale = transform.localScale;
        startTime = Time.time;
    }

    void Update()
    {
        float t = Mathf.Clamp01((Time.time - startTime) / duration);
        float squeeze = 1f - t * t;
        transform.localScale = new Vector3(startScale.x * squeeze, startScale.y * Mathf.Lerp(1f, stretch, t), startScale.z * squeeze);
        if (t >= 1f) Destroy(gameObject);
    }
}