You can now go down to new levels but the whole setup isn't very good. I need to now move to having a global/master World and one for each level so I don't copy the player and other important things around on each level.

levelmanager.cpp

@@ -20,12 +20,16 @@ size_t LevelManager::create_level(shared_ptr<DinkyECS::World> prev_world) {
   auto map = make_shared<Map>(GAME_MAP_X, GAME_MAP_Y);
 
   if(prev_world != nullptr) {
-    auto player = prev_world->get_the<Player>();
+    auto& player = prev_world->get_the<Player>();
+    player.entity = world->entity();
     world->set_the<Player>(player);
 
     auto inventory = prev_world->get<Inventory>(player.entity);
     world->set<Inventory>(player.entity, inventory);
 
+    auto light = prev_world->get<LightSource>(player.entity);
+    world->set<LightSource>(player.entity, light);
+
     world->set_the<Debug>(prev_world->get_the<Debug>());
     auto& combat = prev_world->get<Combat>(player.entity);
     world->set<Combat>(player.entity, combat);
@@ -34,6 +38,8 @@ size_t LevelManager::create_level(shared_ptr<DinkyECS::World> prev_world) {
     world->set<Motion>(player.entity, motion);
 
     auto& tile = prev_world->get<Tile>(player.entity);
+
+    fmt::println("player tile is: {}", tile.chr);
     world->set<Tile>(player.entity, tile);
   }
 

worldbuilder.cpp

@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@
 using namespace fmt;
 using namespace components;
 
+inline void check_player(DinkyECS::World &world) {
+  auto player = world.get_the<Player>();
+  fmt::println("PLAYER ENTITY: {}", player.entity);
+  auto tile = world.get<Tile>(player.entity);
+  dbc::check(tile.chr == "\ua66b", format("PLAYER TILE CHANGED {} != {}", tile.chr, "\ua66b"));
+}
+
 inline int make_split(Room &cur, bool horiz) {
   size_t dimension = horiz ? cur.height : cur.width;
   int min = dimension / WORLDBUILD_DIVISION;
@@ -215,10 +222,11 @@ void WorldBuilder::randomize_entities(DinkyECS::World &world, GameConfig &config
     int rand_entity = Random::uniform<int>(0, keys.size() - 1);
     std::string key = keys[rand_entity];
     auto entity_data = entity_db[key];
+    check_player(world);
 
     // pass that to the config as it'll be a generic json
     auto entity = configure_entity_in_map(world, $map, entity_data, room_num);
-    (void)entity;
+    fmt::println("ENTITY: {}", entity);
   }
 }
 
@@ -228,6 +236,11 @@ void WorldBuilder::place_entities(DinkyECS::World &world) {
 
   if(world.has_the<Player>()) {
     fmt::println("PLAYER ALREADY EXISTS LEAVING ALONE");
+    auto& player = world.get_the<Player>();
+    Point pos_out;
+    bool placed = $map.place_entity(0, pos_out);
+    dbc::check(placed, "failed to randomly place item in room");
+    world.set<Position>(player.entity, {pos_out.x+1, pos_out.y+1});
   } else {
     auto player_data = config.enemies["PLAYER_TILE"];
     auto player_ent = configure_entity_in_map(world, $map, player_data, 0);