Time warp mode + Solo Flight player bots: what's left to design and build (#610, #611) #644

Pete, 2026-11-07: the Time Warp bike is going into the game. This issue tracks what is left for the two rewards it belongs to, time warp mode (#611) and the Solo Flight player bots (#610). Each part says what is decided, what is built, and which questions still need Pete's design before building.

Where things stand

1. Time warp mode (unlocked by the Time Warp bike)

Decided (#611, 2026-11-06):

• It moves the game's date forward a day at a time. Each warped day makes that day's road (Daily Ride / Daily Launch seed), and the player still rides it.
• Warped days count toward the calendar achievements (option a).
• Warped rides may post to the leaderboards, marked as Time Warp rides.

Questions for Pete:

1. Where is the control? For example a "Warp to tomorrow" button on the Daily Ride card, only while riding the Time Warp bike. Or anywhere once it's unlocked?
2. One day per press, or pick a date? And may a player warp more than one day ahead of the real date (needed to fill a 7-day streak in one sitting)?
3. Coming back: when warping ends, does the game return to the real date, and what happens to a streak built on warped days when the real date is behind it?
4. Which bike? Must the warped ride be on the Time Warp bike (it is the "time machine"), or does the mode work on any bike once unlocked?
5. Leaderboard mark: a badge on the row ("⏳"), a separate board, or hidden from the ranked Daily boards but shown on a Time Warp board?
6. Steam achievements: warped days earn the Steam versions too (they're the same achievements). OK?

2. Solo Flight + player bots (unlocked at any 80 of 81 solo achievements)

Decided (#611, 2026-11-07):

• Solo Flight is the Penny-Farthing tandem. The player rides captain, and the Canada Goose bot rides on the back. The bot is the regular goose in the robot outfit, which is now shipped.
• Bot rides earn the multiplayer achievements (the point of the reward).
• The chooser shows Solo Flight as a dark silhouette with "n of 80" until it unlocks.

Questions for Pete (from #610, still open):

1. What does the co-op bot do? Pedal in time with the player? Lean to help balance, or just ride along? How good is it: can it crash the bike?
2. Is the bot only on Solo Flight, or can it ride any bike once unlocked? And can two people ride Solo Flight together with no bot?
3. Versus bot: ship the dev versus bot (js/versus/versus-bot.js) as a real opponent? Difficulty levels? Today a bot race earns nothing, to stop AFK farming. What stops farming once bot rides earn achievements: a minimum difficulty, a finish time, or a real effort check?
4. "Different partners" achievements (Social Goose, Regulars): does each bot count as one partner, or are these left for real people?
5. Tandem Tokens: does a ride with a bot pay?
6. The stoker pedals backwards on the Penny-Farthing (decided OK). Does the bot steer, or only the player?

3. Reward splashes

Unlocking player bots and Time Warp each plays a full-screen moment, maybe with Robo-Pete. Design needed: length, what it shows (the bike rolling in? the robot?), sound, whether it can be skipped, and where it plays (on the ride-end screen when the last achievement lands, or the next time the lobby opens).

Order once designed

1. Time warp mode (the bike is already in).
2. Solo Flight in the chooser + the co-op bot on its back seat.
3. The versus bot + the farming guard.
4. The splashes.

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