Managed the freeing of entityplacers. Also cleaned up EntityManager

scripts/CSharp/GameEntity/Entities/LoadedScenesEntity.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace Babushka.scripts.CSharp.GameEntity.Entities;
+
+public class LoadedScenesEntity : Entity
+{
+    private HashSet<string> _loadedScenes = new();
+    public override string EntityType => "LoadedScenesEntity";
+    
+    public void AddScene(string sceneName) => _loadedScenes.Add(sceneName);
+    
+    public bool WasSceneLoaded(string sceneName) => _loadedScenes.Contains(sceneName);
+}

scripts/CSharp/GameEntity/Entities/LoadedScenesEntity.cs.uid

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+uid://rabb1y637cm5

scripts/CSharp/GameEntity/Entities/PositionalEntity.cs

@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ public abstract class PositionalEntity : Entity
     }
 
     // Deals with Instantiation of the node
-    public abstract void AddEntity(Node2D parent);
+    public abstract void InstantiateEntityNode(Node2D parent);
 
 }

scripts/CSharp/GameEntity/Entities/TrashEntity.cs

@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ public class TrashEntity : PositionalEntity
     {
     }
     
-    public override void AddEntity(Node2D parent)
+    public override void InstantiateEntityNode(Node2D parent)
     {
         if(_creator == null) _creator = EntityManager.Instance.NodeCreator;
-        var entityNode = _creator.CreateNode2D(EntityType);
+        var entityNode = _creator.InstantiateNode(EntityType);
         parent.AddChild(entityNode);
         entityNode.GlobalPosition = position;
     }

scripts/CSharp/GameEntity/EntityPlacer/TrashEntityPlacer.cs

@@ -10,9 +10,17 @@ public partial class TrashEntityPlacer : Node2D
 
     public override void _Ready()
     {
-        TrashEntity entity = new TrashEntity();
+        string sceneName = EntityManager.Instance.CurrentEntitySceneContainer!.sceneName;
-        entity.sceneName = EntityManager.Instance.CurrentEntitySceneContainer!.sceneName;
+        var loadedScenesEntity = EntityManager.Instance.GetUniqueEntity<LoadedScenesEntity>();
-        entity.position = GlobalPosition;
+        
-        EntityManager.Instance.AddEntity(entity);
+        if (!loadedScenesEntity.WasSceneLoaded(sceneName))
+        {
+            TrashEntity entity = new TrashEntity();
+            entity.sceneName = sceneName;
+            entity.position = GlobalPosition;
+            EntityManager.Instance.AddEntity(entity);
+        }
+        
+        QueueFree();
     }
 }

scripts/CSharp/GameEntity/Management/EntityManager.cs

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using Godot;
 using Entity = Babushka.scripts.CSharp.GameEntity.Entities.Entity;
@@ -7,21 +6,23 @@ using PositionalEntity = Babushka.scripts.CSharp.GameEntity.Entities.PositionalE
 
 namespace Babushka.scripts.CSharp.GameEntity.Management;
 
+/// <summary>
+/// Manages the lifecycle and interactions of all entities within the game, including their creation, retrieval,
+/// and organization. The EntityManager serves as a centralized hub for managing both standard and positional entities.
+/// </summary>
 public partial class EntityManager : Node
 {
+    public static EntityManager Instance;
+    
     [Export] private EntityNodeCreator _nodeCreator = null!;
     
-    public EntityNodeCreator NodeCreator => _nodeCreator;
-
     private EntitySceneContainer? _currentEntitySceneContainer;
-    
-    public static EntityManager Instance;
-
     private readonly List<Entity> _allEntities = new();
-
+    
     public IEnumerable<Entity> AllEntities => _allEntities;
-
     public IEnumerable<PositionalEntity> AllPositionalEntities => _allEntities.OfType<PositionalEntity>();
+    public EntitySceneContainer? CurrentEntitySceneContainer => _currentEntitySceneContainer;
+    public EntityNodeCreator NodeCreator => _nodeCreator;
 
     public override void _EnterTree()
     {
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ public partial class EntityManager : Node
 
     public override void _Input(InputEvent @event)
     {
+        // for debugging purposes
         if (@event.IsActionPressed("DebugEntities"))
         {
             GD.Print("Entities:");
@@ -39,37 +41,49 @@ public partial class EntityManager : Node
             }
         }
     }
+    
+    #region ENTITY MANAGEMENT
 
-    public void UnloadScene()
+    /// <summary>
-    {
+    /// Adds an entity to the list of managed entities. If the entity is a positional entity
-        if (_currentEntitySceneContainer == null) return;
+    /// and its scene matches the current scene container, it is also instantiated in the scene.
-        _currentEntitySceneContainer = null;
+    /// </summary>
-    }
+    /// <param name="entity">The entity to be added to the manager.</param>
-
-    public void LoadScene(EntitySceneContainer sceneContainer)
-    {
-        _currentEntitySceneContainer = sceneContainer;
-        foreach (var entity in AllPositionalEntities)
-        {
-            _currentEntitySceneContainer.AddIfNeeded(entity);
-        }
-    }
-
     public void AddEntity(Entity entity)
     {
-        if(!_allEntities.Contains(entity))
+        if (!_allEntities.Contains(entity))
             _allEntities.Add(entity);
         if(entity is PositionalEntity positionalEntity && positionalEntity.sceneName == _currentEntitySceneContainer?.sceneName)
-            CreateEntityNode(positionalEntity);
+            InstantiatePositionalEntityNode(positionalEntity);
     }
 
-    public void CreateEntityNode(PositionalEntity entity)
+    private void InstantiatePositionalEntityNode(PositionalEntity entity)
     {
         if(_currentEntitySceneContainer == null) return;
-        entity.AddEntity(_currentEntitySceneContainer);
+        entity.InstantiateEntityNode(_currentEntitySceneContainer);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Retrieves the first entity of the specified type from the list of managed entities.
+    /// If no such entity exists, creates a new instance of the specified type, adds it to the manager, and returns it.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of entity to retrieve or create. Must inherit from the Entity class and have a parameterless constructor.</typeparam>
+    /// <returns>The first entity of the specified type or a newly created entity of that type if none were found.</returns>
+    public T GetUniqueEntity<T>() where T : Entity, new()
+    {
+        var result = AllEntities.OfType<T>().FirstOrDefault();
+        if (result == null)
+        {
+            var newEntity = new T();
+            AddEntity(newEntity);
+            result = newEntity;
+        }
+        return result;
     }
     
-    public EntitySceneContainer? CurrentEntitySceneContainer => _currentEntitySceneContainer;
+    #endregion
+    
+    #region SCENE CONTAINER ACCESS
     
     public void SetSceneContainer(EntitySceneContainer sceneContainer)
     {
@@ -80,4 +94,7 @@ public partial class EntityManager : Node
     {
         _currentEntitySceneContainer = null;
     }
+    
+    #endregion
+
 }

scripts/CSharp/GameEntity/Management/EntityNodeCreator.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using Godot;
+using System;
+using Godot;
 using Godot.Collections;
 
 namespace Babushka.scripts.CSharp.GameEntity.Management;
@@ -7,8 +8,18 @@ public partial class EntityNodeCreator : Node
 {
     [Export] private Dictionary<string, PackedScene> _entityPrefabs;
 
-    public Node2D CreateNode2D(string type)
+    public Node2D InstantiateNode(string type)
     {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(type))
+        {
+            throw new NullReferenceException("The type provided for Node instantiation cannot be null or empty.");
+        }
+
+        if (!_entityPrefabs.ContainsKey(type))
+        {
+            throw new Exception($"The type provided for Node instantiation ({type}) is not specified in the EntityNodeCreator dictionary.");
+        }
+            
         return _entityPrefabs[type].Instantiate<Node2D>();
     }
 }

scripts/CSharp/GameEntity/Management/EntitySceneContainer.cs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Linq;
+using Babushka.scripts.CSharp.GameEntity.Entities;
 using Godot;
 using PositionalEntity = Babushka.scripts.CSharp.GameEntity.Entities.PositionalEntity;
 
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ public partial class EntitySceneContainer : Node2D
     public override void _ExitTree()
     {
         EntityManager.Instance.UnsetSceneContainer();
+        var loadedScenesEntity = EntityManager.Instance.GetUniqueEntity<LoadedScenesEntity>();
+        loadedScenesEntity.AddScene(sceneName);
     }
 
     public override void _Ready()
@@ -33,7 +36,7 @@ public partial class EntitySceneContainer : Node2D
 
     public void AddEntity(PositionalEntity entity)
     {
-        entity.AddEntity(this);
+        entity.InstantiateEntityNode(this);
     }
     
 }