merged changes to main, didn't test thoroughly just skimmed hopefully it works :P

Cleaning up the messy sections of my code and making the debug console output easier to read

block/Scenes/MapTest.tscn

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[gd_scene format=3 uid="uid://d3m22yqoyvo4t"]
+
+[ext_resource type="PackedScene" uid="uid://b448mpav6ek52" path="res://Scenes/arena_game_manager.tscn" id="1_0tjoe"]
+[ext_resource type="PackedScene" uid="uid://db1oeukux1376" path="res://Scenes/Enemy1.tscn" id="2_pddb8"]
+
+[node name="MapTest" type="Node2D" unique_id=2115555896]
+
+[node name="ArenaGameManager" parent="." unique_id=1024187604 instance=ExtResource("1_0tjoe")]
+
+[node name="Enemy1" parent="." unique_id=1765361359 instance=ExtResource("2_pddb8")]
+position = Vector2(379, 168)

block/Scenes/Projectile_1.gd

@@ -5,45 +5,22 @@ const speed = 200
 var direction = Vector2.RIGHT
 #var debug_normal: Vector2 = Vector2.ZERO
 
-
 func _ready() -> void:
-	#direction = (player.global_position - global_position).normalized()
-	#look_at(player.global_position)
-#	pass
 	direction = (player.global_position - global_position).normalized()
 	global_rotation=direction.angle()
-	#direction= global_position.direction_to(player.global_position)
-	#direction = Vector2.RIGHT.rotated(rotation+ get_angle_to(playerDirection))
 
-func _draw():
-	pass
-#	draw_line(Vector2(1,0) * 1000, debug_normal * 50, Color.RED, 2.0)   
-
-# Called every frame. 'delta' is the elapsed time since the previous frame.
 func _process(delta: float) -> void:
 	position += direction * speed * delta
-	#position += playerDirection * speed * delta
-	look_at(player.global_position)
-	
-	#look_at(direction)#
 
 func get_facing_direction():
-	# Get the direction vector based on the node's current rotation
+	var direction_vector = Vector2.from_angle(rotation)
-	var direction_vector: Vector2 = Vector2.from_angle(rotation)
 	return direction_vector
-	
-func changeTrajectory(direction_vector: Vector2):
-	rotation = rad_to_deg(atan2(direction_vector.y, direction_vector.x))
 
 func changeDirection(normal: Vector2):
-	print("direction:", direction)
-#	direction = direction.bounce(normal)
 	direction = normal
-	#direction = newDirection
+	rotation = direction.angle()
-	#direction = direction.bounce(perp_line)
-	rotation = rad_to_deg(direction.angle())
-	print("direction:", direction)
 
-func bounce(normal: Vector2):
+# Debug function
-	direction = direction.bounce(normal)
+func _draw():
-	rotation = rad_to_deg(direction.angle())
+#	draw_line(Vector2(1,0) * 1000, debug_normal * 50, Color.RED, 2.0)   
+	pass

block/Scenes/enemy_1.gd

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ enum States
 const max_distance = 750
 const SPEED = 300.0
 var is_enemy_chase: bool
-#
+
 var health = 100
 var health_max = 100
 var health_min = 0
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ var dir: Vector2
 var knockback = 200
 var current_state = States.IDLE
 
-
-
-
 @onready var player: CharacterBody2D = get_tree().get_first_node_in_group("player")
 @export var Projectile: PackedScene
 
@@ -38,8 +35,6 @@ func _on_timer_timeout() -> void:
 	newProjectile.global_position=global_position
 #	newProjectile.global_rotation=global_rotation
 	get_tree().current_scene.add_child(newProjectile)
-
-	
 	
 func chose(array):
 	array.shuffle()
@@ -48,10 +43,6 @@ func chose(array):
 func wraparound():
 	var direction = global_position.direction_to(player.global_position)
 	global_position += direction * max_distance*2
-	
-
-	
-
 
 func _process(delta: float) -> void:
 	look_at(player.global_position)
@@ -61,29 +52,3 @@ func _process(delta: float) -> void:
 		wraparound()
 	
 	
-	"""
-	if (global_position.x-player.global_position.x)>600:#player to the right
-		global_position.x=player.global_position.x-600#move right
-	elif(global_position.x-player.global_position.x)<-600:#player to the left
-		global_position.x=player.global_position.x+600#move left
-		
-	if (global_position.y-player.global_position.y)>600:#player to the up
-		global_position.y=player.global_position.y-600#move up
-	elif(global_position.y-player.global_position.y)<-600:#player to the down
-		global_position.y=player.global_position.y+600#move down
-	"""	
-"""
-func _physics_process(delta: float) -> void:
-	# Add the gravity.
-	if not is_on_floor():
-		velocity += get_gravity() * delta
-	# Get the input direction and handle the movement/deceleration.
-	# As good practice, you should replace UI actions with custom gameplay actions.
-	var direction := Input.get_axis("ui_left", "ui_right")
-	if direction:
-		velocity.x = direction * SPEED
-	else:
-		velocity.x = move_toward(velocity.x, 0, SPEED)
-
-	move_and_slide()
-"""

block/Scenes/player.gd

@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ func _process(_delta: float) -> void:
 	
 	move_and_slide()
 
-#	look_at(get_global_mouse_position()) # uncompensated mouse control
+	look_at(get_global_mouse_position()) 
-	
+
-	var angle_to_mouse = get_angle_to(get_global_mouse_position())
+	#OLD: used when player shield direction aigned 90 deg off from front
-	rotation += angle_to_mouse# + deg_to_rad(90) #+90 to makes top of image face mouse, not side 
+#	var angle_to_mouse = get_angle_to(get_global_mouse_position())
+#	rotation += angle_to_mouse# + deg_to_rad(90) #+90 to makes top of image face mouse, not side 

block/Scenes/shield_hitbox.gd

@@ -1,45 +1,32 @@
 extends Area2D
 
 var debug_normal: Vector2 = Vector2.ZERO
-var bounceTrajectory: Vector2
-
 
 # Called when the node enters the scene tree for the first time.
 func _ready() -> void:
 	area_entered.connect(_on_area_entered)
-	print("READY!")
-
-
-
-func _draw():
-#	pass
-	draw_line(bounceTrajectory *1000, debug_normal * 50, Color.RED, 2.0)          # normal
-#	draw_line(Vector2(400,900), debug_normal * 50, Color.RED, 2.0)          # normal
-#	draw_line(Vector2.ZERO, debug_bounce * 50, Color.GREEN, 2.0)        # bounce direction
-#	draw_line(Vector2.ZERO, debug_incoming * 50, Color.BLUE, 2.0)       # incoming projectile
-
 
 func _on_area_entered(area):
 	if area.is_in_group("Projectiles"):
-		draw_line(Vector2(400,900), debug_normal * 50, Color.RED, 2.0)          # normal
+		print("Event: Projectile hit shield")
-		
-		print("projectile has hit player shield")
-		#gets the proper velocity
-		var projectile_velocity = area.get_parent().get_facing_direction()
-		print("projectile speed......................", projectile_velocity)
 		var shield_normal = global_transform.x.normalized()
-		#var bounceTrajectory: Vector2 = projectile_velocity.bounce(shield_normal)
+		print("Readout: Shield normal:  ", Vec2str(shield_normal))
-		bounceTrajectory = projectile_velocity.bounce(shield_normal)
+		# Gets the direction from the parent Node2D NOT the Area2d component
-		print("Shield Normal: ", shield_normal)
+		var projectile_velocity = area.get_parent().get_facing_direction()
+		print("Readout: Projectile dir: ", Vec2str(projectile_velocity))
+		var bounceTrajectory = projectile_velocity.bounce(shield_normal)
+		print("Readout: Bounce dir:     ", Vec2str(bounceTrajectory))
 		if area.get_parent().has_method("changeDirection"):
-			draw_line(bounceTrajectory, debug_normal * 50, Color.RED, 2.0)
-#			area.changeDirection(bounceTrajectory)
-#			area.get_parent().changeTrajectory(bounceTrajectory)
 			area.get_parent().changeDirection(bounceTrajectory)
-		#if area.has_method("bounce"):
-		#	area.bounce(bounceTrajectory)
 
+# Debug functions
+func _draw():
+#	draw_line(Vector2(1,0) * 1000, debug_normal * 50, Color.RED, 2.0) # normal
+	pass
 
-# Called every frame. 'delta' is the elapsed time since the previous frame.
+# Makes the string a bit easier to read in debug console
-#func _process(delta: float) -> void:
+func Vec2str(vec: Vector2) -> String:
-#	pass
+	var x_sign = " " if vec.x >= 0 else ""
+	var y_sign = " " if vec.y >= 0 else ""
+	
+	return "(%s%.2f, %s%.2f)" % [x_sign, vec.x, y_sign, vec.y]