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 The project's [main scene](./project/main.tscn) consists of a single `Main` node. The `Main` node is intended to handle all high level game management (level loading, scene swaps, saving, loading, UI, input handling, menus, signal propigation, etc)
 
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 <a href="./src/main.hpp" title="title">Main</a>