further elaboration on bullets

systems/bullets/bullet.gd

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ class_name Bullet
 extends Area2D
 
 
+## Emitted whenever a bullet is recycled.
+signal recycled()
+
+
 ## The number of bullets to allocate at startup.
 const INITIAL_ALLOCATED_BULLETS: int = 2000
 
@@ -51,9 +55,10 @@ static func create(
 	direction: Vector2 = Vector2.RIGHT,
 	face_direction: bool = false,
 ) -> Bullet:
-	var bullet: Bullet = _cached_bullets.pop_back()
-	if not bullet:
-		bullet = Bullet.new()
+	#var bullet: Bullet = _cached_bullets.pop_back()
+	#if not bullet:
+		#bullet = Bullet.new()
+	var bullet := Bullet.new()
 	
 	bullet.texture = texture
 	bullet.hitbox_size = hitbox_size
@@ -67,8 +72,11 @@ static func create(
 ## Removes the bullet from the scene tree and returns it to the bullet cache to be
 ## re-used later.
 func recycle() -> void:
-	get_parent().remove_child(self)
-	_cached_bullets.append(self)
+	#if is_inside_tree():
+		#get_parent().remove_child(self)
+	#_cached_bullets.append(self)
+	queue_free()
+	recycled.emit()
 
 
 static func _static_init() -> void: