Starting work on level transition fade.

Scenes/fade.tscn

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[gd_scene format=3 uid="uid://ci0yqv1tna0ph"]
+
+[node name="Fade" type="CanvasLayer"]
+
+[node name="ColorRect" type="ColorRect" parent="."]
+anchors_preset = 15
+anchor_right = 1.0
+anchor_bottom = 1.0
+grow_horizontal = 2
+grow_vertical = 2
+color = Color(1, 1, 1, 0)

Scenes/player.tscn

@@ -30,7 +30,16 @@ rect = Rect2(-8, -8, 16, 16)
 
 [node name="Camera" type="Camera2D" parent="."]
 top_level = true
-zoom = Vector2(2.5, 2.5)
 script = ExtResource("4_vgqql")
 
+[node name="Fade" type="CanvasLayer" parent="."]
+
+[node name="Rectangle" type="ColorRect" parent="Fade"]
+anchors_preset = 15
+anchor_right = 1.0
+anchor_bottom = 1.0
+grow_horizontal = 2
+grow_vertical = 2
+color = Color(1, 1, 1, 0)
+
 [connection signal="screen_exited" from="VisibleOnScreenNotifier2D" to="." method="_on_visible_on_screen_notifier_2d_screen_exited"]

Scripts/player.gd

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ extends CharacterBody2D
 @onready var tile_layer : TileMapLayer = $"../TileMapLayer"
 @onready var level : Node2D = $".."
 @onready var particles : GPUParticles2D = $GPUParticles2D
+@onready var fade : ColorRect = $Fade/Rectangle
 
 @export_category("Movement")
 @export var acceleration : float = 50
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ func tilemap_detection() -> void:
 		#Checks for exits.
 		var exit_data = tile_data.get_custom_data("exit")
 		if exit_data == true:
-			get_tree().change_scene_to_file(level.next_level) #Pulls next level data from parent Node2D.
+			next_level(level.next_level) #Pulls next level data from parent Node2D.
 			
 func death(fallen: bool) -> void:
 	dead = true
@@ -78,6 +79,10 @@ func respawn() -> void:
 	position.x = level.startPosX
 	position.y = level.startPosY
 	
+func next_level(level : String):
+	dead == true
+	get_tree().change_scene_to_file(level)
+	
 func _on_visible_on_screen_notifier_2d_screen_exited() -> void:
 	if !dead:
 		death(true)

Scripts/player_camera.gd

@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ func _ready() -> void:
 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)
+