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the-way-out

v0.2.1

ajhahnde · May 2026 · ff41909ace60e71be05b0c785c0f9a61dcbb4943 · view on GitHub →

modified audio.py

 @@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ def play_music(name): 
       path = _find(_MUSIC_DIR, name, _MUSIC_EXTS) 
       if path is None: 
           stop_music() 
 +         # Remember the request even though the file is absent: main.py 
 +         # calls play_music every frame, and without this _current_music 
 +         # stays None so the unchanged-name guard above never engages — 
 +         # a missing track would re-stat the FS and re-fade every frame. 
 +         _current_music = name 
           return 
       try: 
           # Fade the outgoing track, then bring the new one up. Single 

modified levels.py

 @@ -571,6 +571,7 @@ class LevelManager: 
           self._handle_key() 
    
           if (self.boss is not None and self.boss.hp > 0 
 +                 and self.intro_timer <= 0 
                   and self.player.invuln_timer <= 0 
                   and self.boss.hitbox.colliderect(self.player.hitbox)): 
               self.player.take_damage(BOSS_TOUCH_DAMAGE) 
 @@ -583,7 +584,8 @@ class LevelManager: 
               if en.hp <= 0: 
                   en.kill() 
                   continue 
 -             if (self.player.invuln_timer <= 0 
 +             if (self.intro_timer <= 0 
 +                     and self.player.invuln_timer <= 0 
                       and en.hitbox.colliderect(self.player.hitbox)): 
                   self.player.take_damage(en.touch_damage) 
                   self.player.invuln_timer = PLAYER_INVULN_TIME 

modified main.py

 @@ -194,6 +194,14 @@ while running: 
               elif game_state == "game": 
                   if level_manager.completed or level_manager.failed: 
                       _leave_game() 
 +                     # Esc is consumed here. Without this, when the level 
 +                     # was launched from the editor's Test button 
 +                     # (return_state == "editor") _leave_game() switches 
 +                     # to "editor" and the *same* Esc then falls through 
 +                     # to editor.handle_input below, which reads it as 
 +                     # "back" and bounces the user past the editor to the 
 +                     # main menu instead of the editor canvas. 
 +                     continue 
                   else: 
                       game_state = "paused" 
    

modified units.py

 @@ -69,7 +69,9 @@ class Character(pygame.sprite.Sprite): 
           self.frame_index = 0 
           self.animation_speed = 10 
    
 -         self.image = self.animations[self.status][self.frame_index] 
 +         frames = self.animations[self.status] 
 +         self.image = (frames[self.frame_index] if frames 
 +                       else self._placeholder_frame()) 
           self.rect = self.image.get_rect(topleft=(x, y)) 
    
           # Smaller collision box, centered on the sprite. Walls are 
 @@ -315,6 +317,20 @@ class Character(pygame.sprite.Sprite): 
    
       # --- animation / tick ------------------------------------------- 
    
 +     def _placeholder_frame(self): 
 +         """Visible stand-in when a sprite sheet is missing/renamed. 
 +  
 +         ``load_assets`` returns ``[]`` for an absent PNG ('crash 
 +         safety'); this keeps that promise so one bad asset degrades to a 
 +         loud magenta box instead of an ``IndexError`` that kills the 
 +         whole run. Magenta matches the editor's missing-art marker. 
 +         """ 
 +         s = max(self.hitbox_size, 16) 
 +         surf = pygame.Surface((s, s), pygame.SRCALPHA) 
 +         surf.fill((180, 60, 180, 120)) 
 +         pygame.draw.rect(surf, (180, 60, 180), surf.get_rect(), 2) 
 +         return surf 
 +  
       def _apply_overlay(self, frame, color_rgba): 
           """Additive RGB overlay that respects the sprite's alpha mask. 
    