Added a game manager and better gameplay loop

scripts/characterBody.gd

@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ extends CharacterBody2D
 
 @onready var animated_sprite = $AnimatedSprite2D
 
+signal defeatAnimComplete
+
+var currentAnim = "idle"
 var faceLeft = false
 var pushLeftEnabled = false
 var pushRightEnabled = false
@@ -26,7 +29,7 @@ var gravity = ProjectSettings.get_setting("physics/2d/default_gravity")
 
 func defeated():
 	print("character body player defeated")
-	animated_sprite.play("death")
+	playPlayerAnimation("death")
 	living = false
 
 func _physics_process(delta):
@@ -75,15 +78,14 @@ func _physics_process(delta):
 		velocity.x = move_toward(velocity.x, 0, SPEED)
 	if is_on_floor():
 		if direction==0:
-			animated_sprite.play("idle")
+			playPlayerAnimation("idle")
 		else:
-			animated_sprite.play("run")
+			playPlayerAnimation("run")
 	else:
-		animated_sprite.play("jump")
+		playPlayerAnimation("jump")
 
 	move_and_slide()
 	if right_ray.is_colliding():
-		print("right ray is colliding")
 		var collider = right_ray.get_collider()
 		#what did we hit?
 		if collider is Node:
@@ -95,7 +97,6 @@ func _physics_process(delta):
 		pushRightEnabled = false
 		
 	if left_ray.is_colliding():
-		print("left ray is colliding")
 		var collider = left_ray.get_collider()
 		if collider is Node:
 			if collider.is_in_group("boxes"):
@@ -109,3 +110,13 @@ func _physics_process(delta):
 		var c = get_slide_collision(i)
 		if c.get_collider() is RigidBody2D:
 			c.get_collider().apply_central_impulse(-c.get_normal()* BUMP_FORCE)
+
+
+func onAnimationFinished():
+	if currentAnim == "death":
+		defeatAnimComplete.emit()
+	
+
+func playPlayerAnimation(name):
+	currentAnim = name
+	animated_sprite.play(currentAnim)

scripts/coin.gd

@@ -1,18 +1,9 @@
-extends Area2D
-@onready var gameCtrl = %GameController
-
-# Called when the node enters the scene tree for the first time.
-func _ready():
-	pass # Replace with function body.
-
-
-# Called every frame. 'delta' is the elapsed time since the previous frame.
-func _process(delta):
-	pass
+class_name Coin extends Area2D
 
+signal coinCollected
 
 func _on_body_entered(body):
 	print("somebody hit a coin")
 	if body.is_in_group("player"):
-		gameCtrl.coinCollected()
+		coinCollected.emit()
 		queue_free()

scripts/enemy.gd

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-extends Area2D
-@onready var gameCtrl = %GameController
+class_name Enemy extends Area2D
+
 @onready var right_cast = $RightCast
 @onready var left_cast = $LeftCast
 @onready var right_floor_cast = $RightFloorCast
 @onready var left_floor_cast = $LeftFloorCast
 @onready var sprite = $AnimatedSprite2D
 
+signal playerDamage
+
 const speed = 60
 
 var direction = 1
@@ -38,4 +40,4 @@ func _process(delta):
 
 func _on_body_entered(body):
 	if body.is_in_group("player"):
-		gameCtrl.playerDefeated()
+		playerDamage.emit()

scripts/gameManager.gd

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+extends Node
+
+var player: Resource
+var coinsCollectedTotal: int = 0
+
+# Called when the node enters the scene tree for the first time.
+func _ready():
+	print("GameManager is loaded")
+	player = load("res://scripts/resources/playerStats.tres")
+
+func coinCollected():
+	coinsCollectedTotal += 1
+	print("coins collected " + str(coinsCollectedTotal))
+
+func playerDamage():
+	if player.currentHealth > 0:
+		player.currentHealth -= 20
+		print("player health is now " + str(player.currentHealth))
+
+func resetPlayer():
+	player.currentHealth = player.maxHealth
+
+# Called every frame. 'delta' is the elapsed time since the previous frame.
+func _process(delta):
+	pass

scripts/gamecontroller.gd

@@ -4,18 +4,27 @@ var myBox = preload("res://scenes/crate.tscn")
 @onready var box_trap = $"../BoxTrap"
 @onready var timer = $Timer
 @onready var player = $"../CharacterBody2D"
-
-var totalCoins = 0
+@onready var coins = $"../Coins"
+@onready var enemies = $"../Enemies"
+@onready var ui = $"../CanvasLayer/Control"
 
 # Called when the node enters the scene tree for the first time.
 func _ready():
-	pass # Replace with function body.
+	GameManager.resetPlayer()
 
+	for n in coins.get_children():
+		if n is Coin:
+			#wire up our listener
+			n.coinCollected.connect(_on_area_2d_coin_collected)
+	for n in enemies.get_children():
+		if n is Enemy:
+			n.playerDamage.connect(playerDamage)
 
 # Called every frame. 'delta' is the elapsed time since the previous frame.
 func _process(delta):
-	pass
-
+	if GameManager.player.currentHealth <= 0 and player.living:
+		player.defeated()
+		timer.start()
 
 func _on_area_2d_areatrigger(effect, body):
 	print("Game Controller sees the trigger " + effect)
@@ -26,14 +35,13 @@ func _on_area_2d_areatrigger(effect, body):
 				owner.add_child(box)
 				box.transform = box_trap.global_transform
 
-
-func coinCollected(): 
-	totalCoins += 1
-	print("Coin added! Total coins is now " + str(totalCoins))
-
-func playerDefeated():
-	player.defeated()
-	timer.start()
-
 func resetWorld():
 	get_tree().reload_current_scene()
+
+func _on_area_2d_coin_collected():
+	GameManager.coinCollected()
+	ui.coinsUpdate(GameManager.coinsCollectedTotal)
+
+func playerDamage():
+	GameManager.playerDamage()
+	ui.healthUpdate(GameManager.player.currentHealth)

scripts/resources/characterStats.gd

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class_name Character extends Resource
+
+@export var maxHealth: int = 100
+@export var startHealth: int = 100
+@export var currentHealth: int = 100

scripts/resources/playerStats.tres

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[gd_resource type="Resource" script_class="Character" load_steps=2 format=3 uid="uid://dxc7dg75pkbqa"]
+
+[ext_resource type="Script" path="res://scripts/resources/characterStats.gd" id="1_pm5p8"]
+
+[resource]
+script = ExtResource("1_pm5p8")
+maxHealth = 100
+startHealth = 100
+currentHealth = 100

scripts/resources/slimeStats.tres

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[gd_resource type="Resource" script_class="Character" load_steps=2 format=3 uid="uid://udhbmduy86bh"]
+
+[ext_resource type="Script" path="res://scripts/resources/characterStats.gd" id="1_ys1fs"]
+
+[resource]
+script = ExtResource("1_ys1fs")
+maxHealth = 50
+startHealth = 50
+currentHealth = 50

scripts/ui.gd

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+extends Control
+
+@onready var health = $VBoxContainer/HBoxContainer/Health
+@onready var coins = $VBoxContainer/HBoxContainer/Coins
+
+func _ready():
+	coinsUpdate(GameManager.coinsCollectedTotal)
+	healthUpdate(GameManager.player.currentHealth)
+
+func healthUpdate(amt):
+	health.text = "Health: " + str(amt)
+
+func coinsUpdate(amt):
+	coins.text = "Coins: " + str(amt)