Made a basic game UI and started fleshing out game states

scripts/game.gd

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+extends Node2D
+
+# TODO: Display a game over screen when the ship is hit by a comet with abilty to restart
+# TODO: Detect when all comets are gone and increase the level (& maybe speed?)
+# TODO: Make a space like background, maybe some scrolling, maybe randomly generated
+# TODO: Make a small title screen that starts before the game scene
+# TODO: MAYBE track high score in a file & show it on HUD
+
+@export var level : int = 1
+var score : int = 0
+
+var points_per_comet := 300
+
+func _ready() -> void:
+	pass
+
+func _process(_delta: float) -> void:
+	update_ui()
+
+func new_level(current_level : int) -> void:
+	pass
+
+func game_over() -> void:
+	pass
+
+func increase_score(comet_size : int) -> void:
+	# We add one since comet_size starts count at 0
+	comet_size += 1
+	score += points_per_comet / comet_size
+
+func update_ui()-> void:
+	# Label strings must be all caps for font to render proper
+	$UI/Score.text = "SCORE: " + str(score)
+	$UI/Level.text = "LEVEL: " + str(level)