Panic Zone is finally released

This update has been in the works for a long time. 

I originally made PanicZone in 2021 as we entered the pandemic as a crude prototype while getting my feet wet with Godot. It was broken and unplayable. Two years later I revisited it to see if I can make it work. The graphics come mostly from my existing doodles and only a few things were created just for this game. In its current form it still contains some minor bugs. 

Other items are still on my to-do list, but most of the bugs that prevented this title from being playable have been resolved. Below is a list of changes in this version:

• FIX TransitionScreen error signal not connected
• FIX organize TitleScreen nodes
• FIX disabled start button until TitleScreen loads
• ADDED selected character variable to game singleton
• ADDED unselected character disappear from start screen
• ADDED hide unselected player at title screen
• remapped inputs/controls
• change OSD to player stats: HP, lives, time? level? weapon
• added screen at level start-displaying stage, lives remaining
• FIX game over if lives = 0
• singleton for player state, weapons, progress, etc
• HUD shows weapon item, ammo; or none if null
• error when player dies
• changed filenaming from mixed case to lowercase with underscore
• consolidate music tracks to a parent node
• selectable music per stage
• BUG: player animations disconnected
• Consolidate player scenes, sprites
• FIX screenshake error
• selectable player
• BUG: NinjaStar_body_entered method not found
• BUG: player sprite is rotated
• HP change if player injury
• BUG: ammo doesn't reset when dead
• BUG: HP doesn't reset after dead
• show icon for lives instead of text
• BUG stage only shows stage 1
• Depricate SceneManager
• user can skip copyright screen
• Pause player when entering portal
• BUG: lives shows wrong number after death
• BUG: prevent button spamming attacks
• show icon of weapon in HUD
• BUG: player stops moving when throwing projectile
• BUG player won't stop moving after powerup
• BUG: projectile only faces one direction
• BUG cant shoot after getting banana
• BUG: boost is erratic
• BUG: player boosts faster with every press
• ENEMY doesn't fall off ledge
• BUG error after entering portal
• BUG: music starts before level is visible
• BUG: no impact sound when using ninja star on enemy
• prevent spamming projectile attack
• rebuilt existing levels to use new stage framework
• updated fireball projectile
• BUG: start sound repeating
• ADD joycon analog joystick support
• impact vfx on hit enemy
• BUG: quit goes to copyright page and freezes
• quit should quit, main menu should main menu
• compose new BG music
• ADD: new BGMusic
• ADD: fire icon in weapon HUD
• change SFX pumpkin hit to ouch, smash only when dead
• variable jump press longer for higher