Added in various comfort features, animated deaths, camera smooth scrolling.

Scenes/player.tscn

@@ -14,7 +14,5 @@ texture = ExtResource("2_6t5aa")
 hframes = 2
 vframes = 2
 
-[node name="Camera" type="Camera2D" parent="."]
-
 [node name="CollisionShape2D" type="CollisionShape2D" parent="."]
 shape = SubResource("RectangleShape2D_jjgbg")

Scripts/Levels/main.gd

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+extends Node2D
+
+var startPosX : int = 40
+var startPosY : int = 328

Scripts/Levels/main.gd.uid

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+uid://b228yv3gle864

Scripts/player.gd

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 extends CharacterBody2D
 
 @onready var tile_layer : TileMapLayer = $"../TileMapLayer"
+@onready var level : Node2D = $".."
 
 @export_category("Movement")
 @export var acceleration : float = 50
@@ -8,9 +9,14 @@ extends CharacterBody2D
 @export var move_speed : float = 100
 
 var move_input : float
+var dead : bool
+
+func _ready() -> void:
+	respawn()
 
 func _physics_process(delta: float) -> void:
 	
+	if dead == false:
 		#Horizontal movement.
 		move_input = Input.get_axis("move_left", "move_right")
 		if move_input != 0:
@@ -38,6 +44,25 @@ func spike_detection() -> void:
 	if tile_data:
 		var custom_data = tile_data.get_custom_data("spike")
 		if custom_data == true:
+			death()
+			await get_tree().create_timer(1).timeout
+			respawn()
+			
+			
+func death() -> void:
+	dead = true
+	velocity.x = 0
+	velocity.y = 0
+	scale.x = lerp(scale.x, 0.0, 0.1)
+	scale.y = lerp(scale.y, 0.0, 0.1)
 	if al_globals.gravity < 0:
 		al_globals.gravity *= -1
-			get_tree().change_scene_to_file("res://Scenes/main.tscn")
+		
+func respawn() -> void:
+	dead = false
+	scale.x = lerp(scale.x, 1.0, 0.1)
+	scale.y = lerp(scale.y, 1.0, 0.1)
+	position.x = level.startPosX
+	position.y = level.startPosY
+	
+	

Scripts/player_camera.gd

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+extends Camera2D
+
+@onready var player : CharacterBody2D = $"../Player"
+
+@export var camera_speed : float = 6.0
+
+# Called when the node enters the scene tree for the first time.
+func _ready() -> void:
+	pass # Replace with function body.
+
+# Called every frame. 'delta' is the elapsed time since the previous frame.
+func _physics_process(delta: float) -> void:
+	position.x = lerp(position.x, player.position.x, camera_speed * delta)
+	position.y = lerp(position.y, player.position.y, camera_speed * delta)

Scripts/player_camera.gd.uid

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+uid://de1fdvk35epdt