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The current project is a bit spaghetti-ish, with the codebase having unnecessary dependencies and lots of violations of the Single Responsibility Principle. Refactor the scripts so related code is all tidy and in one place, then start splitting the main scene into more reasonable chunks.

Also, try to follow best practices for GDScript/Godot, looking at the following resources:

• https://www.gdquest.com/docs/guidelines/best-practices/godot-gdscript/
• https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/getting_started/workflow/best_practices/index.html

This'll probably need to be split further into smaller tasks.

Add a small metal chimney/pipe outside the bookshop for the fire's smoke to go outside (should make the scene a little bit more homey/interesting)

Examples:

Currently, all the cutout-style background houses have dark windows; it might be interesting to add 1-2 windows that have the lights on in the windows (i.e. have emissive materials on).

Add an in-game, searchable computer (or a librarian/bookkeeper) so the player can look up where a particular book is, or can search for Project Gutenberg books that aren't in the ~3000 currently in the shop. This is another stretch, but'd be nice to add further on.

Instead of presenting each book as a flat piece of text, try presenting it as an actual in-game book.

Besides figuring out how to actually implement this, consider animations, etc. also need to evaluate if it's still decently readable (or if a flat piece of text is required for this).

IMO, this is more of a stretch goal than anything.

Examples:
https://www.reddit.com/r/godot/comments/l8qle8/how_i_added_pages_of_depth_without_having_to_do/

Slightly important.

Probably will be a very simple affair with just a play button and a question-mark style-help button, but it should still be done eventually.

Besides just reading books, I'd also like for the player to be able to read notes/view other pieces of text on the HUD; this should ideally use the existing GUI system, which may require some refactoring first.

The back hallway seems like it's aching for a barrel or some other small, interesting items to go there and make it feel less barren; throwing a few items there would be a nice, low-priority thing to do.

Almost certainly will need to be updated as the project goes on, but something basic giving credit to assets I've used, what the project is, and how to use it wouldn't hurt.