Refactor GameManager and PlayerDeathComponent for improved state management and logging; update scene connections for player death handling

Autoloads/GameManager.cs

@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ namespace Mr.BrickAdventures.Autoloads;
 
 public partial class GameManager : Node
 {
-    [Export] public Array<PackedScene> LevelScenes { get; set; } = new();
+    [Export] public Array<PackedScene> LevelScenes { get; set; } = [];
     
     public PlayerController Player { get; set; }
     
-    private List<Node> _sceneNodes = new();
+    private List<Node> _sceneNodes = [];
     
     [Export] 
     public Dictionary PlayerState { get; set; } = new()

objects/level/base_level.tscn

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ tile_set = ExtResource("11_0vx27")
 position = Vector2(215, 324)
 
 [connection signal="Death" from="Brick Player/HealthComponent" to="UI Layer/DeathScreen" method="OnPlayerDeath"]
+[connection signal="Death" from="Brick Player/HealthComponent" to="UI Layer/GameOverScreen" method="OnPlayerDeath"]
 
 [editable path="Brick Player"]
 [editable path="UI Layer"]

scenes/level_village_1.tscn

@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ tile_set = ExtResource("10_ei558")
 tile_set = ExtResource("11_w7c5i")
 
 [node name="Killzone" parent="." instance=ExtResource("13_tvdre")]
+process_mode = 4
 position = Vector2(215, 324)
 
 [node name="Child" parent="." instance=ExtResource("15_vqevu")]
@@ -137,5 +138,8 @@ Text = "LEVEL_1_TOOLTIP_2"
 position = Vector2(-59, -247)
 Text = "LEVEL_1_TOOLTIP_3"
 
+[connection signal="Death" from="Brick Player/HealthComponent" to="UI Layer/DeathScreen" method="OnPlayerDeath"]
+[connection signal="Death" from="Brick Player/HealthComponent" to="UI Layer/GameOverScreen" method="OnPlayerDeath"]
+
 [editable path="Brick Player"]
 [editable path="UI Layer"]

scripts/Resources/LevelResource.cs.uid

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+uid://c2h0pqhxiqswe

scripts/UI/AudioSettings.cs

@@ -22,8 +22,15 @@ public partial class AudioSettings : Control
         MasterVolumeSlider.ValueChanged += OnMasterVolumeChanged;
         MusicVolumeSlider.ValueChanged += OnMusicVolumeChanged;
         SfxVolumeSlider.ValueChanged += OnSfxVolumeChanged;
+        
+        LoadSettings();
     }
-    
+
+    public override void _ExitTree()
+    {
+        SaveSettings();
+    }
+
     public override void _UnhandledInput(InputEvent @event)
     {
         if (!@event.IsActionReleased("ui_cancel")) return;

scripts/UI/DeathScreen.cs.uid

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+uid://csprksav8mj1h

scripts/UI/SettingsMenu.cs

@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@ public partial class SettingsMenu : Control
         DisplaySettingsButton.Pressed += OnDisplaySettingsPressed;
         GameplaySettingsButton.Pressed += OnGameplaySettingsPressed;
         
-        InputSettingsControl.Hide();
-        AudioSettingsControl.Hide();
-        DisplaySettingsControl.Hide();
-        GameplaySettingsControl.Hide();
+        InputSettingsControl?.Hide();
+        AudioSettingsControl?.Hide();
+        DisplaySettingsControl?.Hide();
+        GameplaySettingsControl?.Hide();
     }
 
     public override void _UnhandledInput(InputEvent @event)

scripts/components/PlayerDeathComponent.cs

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public partial class PlayerDeathComponent : Node2D
         }
         
         _gameManager.RemoveLives(1);
+        GD.Print("Player death, lives left: " + _gameManager.GetLives());
         _gameManager.ResetCurrentSessionState();
     }
 }