TimeProvider Example Overview

public interface ITimeProvider
{
    float renderDeltaTime { get; }
    float fixedDeltaTime { get; } //ideally, do not include this, and use Time.fixedDeltaTime always
    float renderTime { get; }
    float fixedTime { get; }
}

public class TimeProvider : MonoBehavior
{
    public static ITimeProvider Interface { get; private set; }
    public static ITimeProvider Gameplay { get; private set; }
    
    //usage:
    // UpdateMaterialColor(TimeProvider.Gameplay.renderDeltaTime);
    // jumpCooldown = Mathf.Max(0, jumpCooldown - jumpCooldownRate * TimeProvider.Gameplay.fixedDeltaTime);
    
    public void Awake()
    {
        Interface = new TimeProviderImpl();
        Gameplay = new TimeProviderImpl();
    }
}

// You can do multiple approaches for TimeProviderImpl based on your game
// 1. Implement a separate class for each type of time provider, and hard-code how it gets the interface values, 
// possibly without any changes from UnityEngine.Time 
// 2. Implement an accumulator-type implementation, where you feed it the delta every update