Working debug menu! No text output yet.

godot_ship/scenes/Debug Menu.tscn

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ transform = Transform2D( 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, -360 )
 [node name="VBoxContainer" type="VBoxContainer" parent="debug_canvas"]
 anchor_right = 1.0
 anchor_bottom = 1.0
-margin_bottom = -180.0
+margin_bottom = -190.0
 custom_constants/separation = 2
 __meta__ = {
 "_edit_use_anchors_": false
@@ -31,13 +31,20 @@ __meta__ = {
 [node name="TextEdit" type="TextEdit" parent="debug_canvas/VBoxContainer"]
 margin_right = 640.0
 margin_bottom = 144.0
+grow_vertical = 0
 rect_min_size = Vector2( 0, 144 )
-text = "Turn 0
+readonly = true
-Player 1: 0 ships, 0 hits, 0 misses"
+syntax_highlighting = true
+fold_gutter = true
+wrap_enabled = true
+minimap_draw = true
 
 [node name="LineEdit" type="LineEdit" parent="debug_canvas/VBoxContainer"]
 margin_top = 146.0
 margin_right = 640.0
 margin_bottom = 170.0
-text = ">"
+max_length = 256
+placeholder_text = "By your command."
 caret_blink = true
+
+[connection signal="text_entered" from="debug_canvas/VBoxContainer/LineEdit" to="." method="_on_LineEdit_text_entered"]

godot_ship/script/debug/debug_menu.gd

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 extends Control
 
 # Declare member variables here.
+var debug_output
+var debug_line = 0
+
 var debug_canvas
 var debug_transform
 
@@ -9,13 +12,15 @@ var menu_position = 0.0
 var menu_velocity = 4
 
 # positions when the menu is hidden/active
-var menu_hidden = Transform2D(Vector2(1,0), Vector2(0,1), Vector2(0,-180))
+var menu_hidden = Transform2D(Vector2(1,0), Vector2(0,1), Vector2(0,-170))
 var menu_active = Transform2D(Vector2(1,0), Vector2(0,1), Vector2(0,   0))
 
 # Called when the node enters the scene tree for the first time.
 func _ready():
+	
 	debug_canvas = get_node("debug_canvas")
 	debug_transform = debug_canvas.get_transform()
+	debug_output = get_node("debug_canvas/VBoxContainer/TextEdit")
 
 # Called every frame. 'delta' is the elapsed time since the previous frame.
 func _process(delta):
@@ -33,8 +38,26 @@ func _unhandled_input(event):
 		# open debug menu
 		debug_active = !debug_active;
 
+func _on_LineEdit_text_entered(line):
+	var command = line.split(' ', true, 1)
+	if command.size() > 0:
+		print("match ", command)
+		match command[0]:
+			"open":
+				if command.size() > 1:
+					MessageBus.emit_signal("change_scene", command[1])
+				else:
+					debug_print_line("Usage: open scene")
+			"kill":
+				if command.size() > 1:
+					MessageBus.emit_signal("kill_scene", command[1])
+				else:
+					debug_print_line("Usage: kill scene")
+			"restart":
+				MessageBus.emit_signal("return_to_title")
+	else:
+		pass
 
-
+func debug_print_line(string):
-func _on_LineEdit_text_entered(new_text):
+	debug_output.set_line(debug_line, string)
-	
+	debug_line += 1
-	pass # Replace with function body.

godot_ship/script/game/Main.gd

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ var debug_enabled = true
 # Called when the node enters the scene tree for the first time.
 func _ready():
 	# Connect to signals
-	MessageBus.connect("change_scene", self, "_on_change_scene")
+	MessageBus.connect("change_scene", self, "_on_scene_start")
+	MessageBus.connect("kill_scene", self, "_on_scene_kill")
 	MessageBus.connect("quit", self, "_on_quit_request")
 	MessageBus.connect("return_to_title", self, "_on_title_request")
 	# Create the scenes
@@ -21,21 +22,33 @@ func _ready():
 	debug_menu   = preload("res://scenes/Debug Menu.tscn")
 	if debug_enabled:
 		add_child(debug_menu.instance())
-	_on_change_scene("Title")
+	_on_scene_start("Title")
 
-func _on_change_scene(scene):
+# Creates a new instance of each menu scene
+func _on_scene_start(scene):
+	print ("_on_scene_start(",scene,")")
 	match scene:
-		"Singleplayer":
+		"Singleplayer": add_child (gameplay.instance())
-			add_child(gameplay.instance())
 		"Multiplayer":  
-			add_child(gameplay.instance())
+			add_child (gameplay.instance())
-		"Options":
+			# add_child (multiplayercontroller.instance())
-			add_child(options.instance())
+		"Options":      add_child (options.instance())
-		"Title":
+		"Title":        add_child (title_screen.instance())
-			add_child(title_screen.instance())
 
+# Kills all child nodes with name matching `scene`
+func _on_scene_kill(scene):
+	print ("_on_scene_kill(",scene,")")
+	var c = get_children()
+	for i in range (c.size()):
+		if c[i].name == scene:
+			c[i].queue_free()
+
+# Quits
 func _on_quit_request():
+	print ("_on_quit_request()")
 	get_tree().quit()
 
+# Kills the current tree and replaces it with a new one
 func _on_title_request():
-	get_tree().change_scene("res://scenes/Main.tscn")
+	print ("_on_title_request()")
+	return get_tree().change_scene("res://scenes/Main.tscn")

godot_ship/script/game/Message Bus.gd

@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ extends Node
 # Ask for a scene change
 signal change_scene(scene_name)
 # Ask to kill scene
+signal kill_scene(scene_name)
 # Ask to quit the game
 signal quit
 # Ask to return to title screen
 signal return_to_title
+
+# Ask to print a string to debug console
+signal print_console(string)