Today, I worked through the WarioWare tutorial in the Stardance Challenge and knocked out some major foundational systems for my game. First, I solved the Global singleton error by properly setting up Global.gd as an Autoload in my Project Settings. Next, I resolved a game-crashing file path error by fixing a folder name typo from scenes to scene in my scene-switching code. I also got my character jumping properly after learning that Godot’s 2D Y-axis is inverted, which required me to change JUMP_VELOCITY to a negative number. From there, I mastered the animation system by troubleshooting why my items weren’t moving, which taught me how to leave the default RESET track, create a custom floating animation, use keyframes, and enable autoplay and looping. Finally, I conquered scene instancing and node hierarchy by catching an error where I accidentally used RemoteTransform2D nodes, allowing me to successfully build and instance a dedicated garlic item scene across my level.