A few tweaks to make the HP bar work constnantly, probably not the most efficient but it's good enough for now.

assets/enemies.json

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       },
       {"_type": "Combat", "hp": 200, "max_hp": 200, "damage": 50, "dead": false},
       {"_type": "Motion", "dx": 0, "dy": 0, "random": false},
-      {"_type": "LightSource", "strength": 40, "radius": 1.5},
+      {"_type": "LightSource", "strength": 45, "radius": 2.0},
       {"_type": "EnemyConfig", "hearing_distance": 5},
       {"_type": "Animation", "scale": 0.1, "simple": true, "frames": 10, "speed": 1.0}
     ]

assets/items.json

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         "foreground": [24, 205, 210],
         "background": [24, 205, 210]
       },
-      {"_type": "LightSource", "strength": 60, "radius": 1.8},
+      {"_type": "LightSource", "strength": 50, "radius": 2.8},
       {"_type": "Sprite", "name": "torch_pillar"},
       {"_type": "Sound", "attack": "pickup", "death": "blank"}
     ]
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         "foreground": [255, 205, 189],
         "background": [255, 205, 189]
       },
-      {"_type": "Curative", "hp": 200},
+      {"_type": "Curative", "hp": 20},
       {"_type": "Sprite", "name": "healing_potion_small"},
       {"_type": "Sound", "attack": "pickup", "death": "blank"}
     ]

combat_ui.cpp

@@ -41,11 +41,12 @@ namespace gui {
   }
 
   void CombatUI::draw(sf::RenderWindow& window) {
+    auto& player_combat = $level.world->get<components::Combat>($level.player);
+    set_damage(float(player_combat.hp) / float(player_combat.max_hp));
     $gui.render(window);
   }
 
   void CombatUI::set_damage(float percent) {
-    fmt::println("combat ui sets damage: {}", percent);
     auto& meter = $gui.world().get<Meter>($meter);
     meter.percent = percent;
   }

gui_fsm.cpp

@@ -319,8 +319,6 @@ namespace gui {
 
             if(damage.enemy_did > 0) {
               $status_ui.log(fmt::format("Enemy HIT YOU for {} damage!", damage.enemy_did));
-              auto player_combat = world.get<Combat>(player.entity);
-              $combat_ui.set_damage(float(player_combat.hp) / float(player_combat.max_hp));
             } else {
               $status_ui.log("Enemy MISSED YOU.");
             }

lights.hpp

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace lighting {
   using components::LightSource;
 
   const int MIN = 20;
-  const int MAX = 125;
+  const int MAX = 135;
 
   class LightRender {
     public: