Settled on hitbox/hurtbox routines.

src/components/Hitbox_Component.gd

@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
 extends Area2D
 
+export(int) var damage_amount = 0
+
 func set_hitbox(enabled: bool):
 	for child in get_children():
 		if child is CollisionShape2D:
 			child.set_deferred("disabled", !enabled)
 	## TODO: This breaks now I guess because I moved the process functions out to parent class
 	#player_hurtbox.set_deferred("disabled", !enabled) #WTF Apparently this is how to do it
+
+
+func _on_Hitbox_Component_area_shape_entered(area_rid, area, area_shape_index, local_shape_index):
+	var colliding_node = area.get_parent()
+	if colliding_node.has_node("Hurtbox_Component"):
+		colliding_node.get_node("Hurtbox_Component").on_hit(self)
+	else:
+		print(owner.name, ": Attempted to Hit an unready node, no Hurtbox_Component reciever node in ", colliding_node.name)

src/components/Hitbox_Component.tscn

@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@
 collision_layer = 128
 collision_mask = 0
 script = ExtResource( 1 )
+
+[connection signal="area_shape_entered" from="." to="." method="_on_Hitbox_Component_area_shape_entered"]

src/components/Hurtbox_Component.gd

@@ -1,23 +1,43 @@
 extends Area2D
 
+export(String) var hurtbox_entered_function = ""
+
+var call_function: FuncRef
+
+# Declare member variables here. Examples:
+# var a = 2
+# var b = "text"
+
+
+# Called when the node enters the scene tree for the first time.
+func _ready():
+	if hurtbox_entered_function:
+		call_function = funcref(owner, hurtbox_entered_function)
+
 func set_hittbox(enabled: bool):
 	for child in get_children():
 		if child is CollisionShape2D:
 			child.set_deferred("disabled", !enabled)
 
+# Switching to a new model that starts with Hitbox 
+func on_hit(sender):
+	print("Received hit from: " + sender.name)
+	if hurtbox_entered_function:
+		call_function.call_func(sender.damage_amount)
+
 # This one doesn't seem to work
-func _on_Hurtbox_Component_body_entered(body):
+#func _on_Hurtbox_Component_body_entered(body):
-	print(body.name, "hit", owner.name)
+#	print(body.name, "hit", owner.name)
-	if owner.has_method("gotcha"):
+#	if owner.has_method("gotcha"):
-		print(body.name, " you can do it.", owner.name)
+#		print(body.name, " you can do it.", owner.name)
 
 
 # well this one works. 
-func _on_Hurtbox_Component_area_shape_entered(area_rid, area, area_shape_index, local_shape_index):
+#func _on_Hurtbox_Component_area_shape_entered(area_rid, area, area_shape_index, local_shape_index):
-	#print(area.get_parent().name, "hit", owner.name)
+#	#print(area.get_parent().name, "hit", owner.name)
-#	if area.get_parent().has_method("gotcha"):
+##	if area.get_parent().has_method("gotcha"):
-	print(area.get_parent().name, " you can do it.", owner.name)
+#	print(area.get_parent().name, " you can do it.", owner.name)
-
+#
-	if owner.has_method("_on_Hurtbox_area_entered"):
+#	if owner.has_method("_on_Hurtbox_area_entered"):
-		owner.call("_on_Hurtbox_area_entered")
+#		owner.call("_on_Hurtbox_area_entered")
-		print(area.get_parent().name, " just hit me: ", owner.name)
+#		print(area.get_parent().name, " just hit me: ", owner.name)

src/components/Hurtbox_Component.tscn

@@ -4,5 +4,3 @@
 
 [node name="Hurtbox_Component" type="Area2D"]
 script = ExtResource( 1 )
-
-[connection signal="area_shape_entered" from="." to="." method="_on_Hurtbox_Component_area_shape_entered"]

src/enemyC/EnemyC.tscn

@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ cast_to = Vector2( 21, 0 )
 collision_mask = 2
 
 [node name="Hitbox_Component" parent="." index="8" instance=ExtResource( 4 )]
+damage_amount = 10
 
 [node name="CollisionShape2D" type="CollisionShape2D" parent="Hitbox_Component" index="0"]
 modulate = Color( 1, 0.596078, 0.121569, 1 )

src/playerC/Player-KinematicBody2D.gd

@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ func shoot_projectile():
 #func play_sound():
 #	sound_effects.stream = "res://assets/Sounds/crappy pew.wav"
 
-func gotcha():
+func gotcha(damage):
-	print("oh! You got me.")
+	print("oh! You got me for ", damage)
 
 func heylookatme(sender):
 	print("does it work!")

src/playerC/Player.tscn

@@ -513,6 +513,7 @@ animation_suffix = true
 collision_layer = 32768
 collision_mask = 128
 monitoring = false
+hurtbox_entered_function = "gotcha"
 
 [node name="CollisionShape2D" type="CollisionShape2D" parent="Hurtbox_Component"]
 modulate = Color( 1, 0, 0, 1 )

src/state_animated_actor.gd

@@ -94,9 +94,12 @@ func process_frame(_delta: float) -> State:
 		animations.play(animation_sequence[animation_index] + animation_suffix)
 		print("An animation sequence: ", animations.animation , animation_index)
 		current_animation_sequence = animation_index
+
+	# Singal based frame call. 
 	if emitter_frame_subscriptions.has(animations.frame):
 		if emitter_frame_subscriptions[animations.frame] == animations.animation:
 			emit_signal("frame_reached", self.name, animations.animation, animations.frame)
+
 	return null
 
 func process_physics(_delta: float) -> State: