Gladiator arena: gold economy, outfitting shop, permadeath runs

Turns the sandbox into a survival roguelike loop: outfit your gladiator
with banked gold, enter the arena, earn gold from kills and wave clears,
die, keep 10% of your total value (floored at the 500 fresh-start).

Economy (GameState autoload):
- banked_gold, owned items, and loadout persist to user://save.cfg
- Kill gold (basic 10g, armed 25g) credited server-side to the killer
- Wave-clear bonus (25 + 5/wave) for all players; wave synced to peers
- Death settlement liquidates gear, guarded against double-fire

Character creation / shop:
- Menu reframed: armory shop + live Character Sheet loadout preview
- Character Sheet gains preview mode (renders from loadout, no player)
- Buy/Equip with hand rules; two-handers and off-hands displace each
  other symmetrically (shop and in-game pickups)
- Chosen loadout auto-equips on spawn via existing RPC path

Combat feel:
- Attacks snap to camera facing and lock direction for the swing
- Dash commits to its direction for the full duration
- Weapon slots show name text when no icon is set
- Hitbox/hurtbox debug meshes hidden by default (H toggles)

Death is final: players no longer respawn; a results screen shows waves,
time, kills, and the settlement, then returns to camp. Armed enemies no
longer respawn (were an infinite gold farm and respawned invisible).

level/scripts/level.gd

@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ func _ready():
 	# Add quick-fill preset buttons
 	_create_preset_buttons()
 
+	# Reshape the menu into the gladiator outfitting screen
+	_setup_outfitting_menu()
+
 	# Create or find weapons container
 	if has_node("WeaponsContainer"):
 		weapons_container = get_node("WeaponsContainer")
@@ -89,6 +92,9 @@ func initialize_multiplayer():
 
 	_multiplayer_initialized = true
 
+	# Begin this player's arena run (starts the survival clock + gold tracking)
+	GameState.start_run()
+
 	if multiplayer.is_server():
 		print("[Level] Running server initialization")
 		Network.connect("player_connected", Callable(self, "_on_player_connected"))
@@ -377,6 +383,13 @@ func _spawn_player_local(id: int, spawn_pos: Vector3):
 		else:
 			push_warning("[Level] HUD autoload not found! Make sure to restart Godot to register the new autoload.")
 
+		# Equip the loadout chosen in the outfitting screen (broadcasts to all peers)
+		var loadout = GameState.get_selected_loadout()
+		if loadout.get("main", "") != "":
+			player.rpc("equip_weapon_from_world", loadout["main"])
+		if loadout.get("offhand", "") != "":
+			player.rpc("equip_weapon_from_world", loadout["offhand"])
+
 	var skin_enum = player_info["skin"]
 	player.set_player_skin(skin_enum)
 	# rpc("sync_player_skin", id, skin_enum)
@@ -470,6 +483,40 @@ func _on_send_pressed() -> void:
 func msg_rpc(nick, msg):
 	chat.text += str(nick, " : ", msg, "\n")
 
+# ---------- OUTFITTING MENU ----------
+## Turn the plain host/join menu into the gladiator camp:
+## menu options on the left, armory shop + character sheet preview on the right.
+func _setup_outfitting_menu():
+	# Retitle and shrink the header so it fits the narrowed left column
+	var title = menu.get_node_or_null("MainContainer/Label")
+	if title:
+		title.text = "SURVIVAL OF\nTHE SNIPPEST"
+		title.add_theme_font_size_override("font_size", 42)
+
+	# Narrow the existing menu column to the left third of the screen
+	var main_container = menu.get_node_or_null("MainContainer")
+	if main_container:
+		main_container.anchor_right = 0.34
+
+	# Rename buttons to fit the arena fiction
+	var host_button = menu.get_node_or_null("MainContainer/MainMenu/Buttons/Host")
+	if host_button:
+		host_button.text = "ENTER ARENA"
+	var join_button = menu.get_node_or_null("MainContainer/MainMenu/Buttons/Join")
+	if join_button:
+		join_button.text = "JOIN FRIEND"
+
+	# Armory + preview fill the rest of the screen
+	var outfitting_script = load("res://level/ui/scripts/outfitting_screen.gd")
+	var outfitting = outfitting_script.new()
+	outfitting.name = "OutfittingScreen"
+	outfitting.anchor_left = 0.35
+	outfitting.anchor_top = 0.04
+	outfitting.anchor_right = 0.985
+	outfitting.anchor_bottom = 0.96
+	menu.add_child(outfitting)
+	outfitting.set_nick_input(nick_input)
+
 # ---------- PRESET BUTTONS ----------
 func _create_preset_buttons():
 	# Create a container for preset buttons
@@ -795,6 +842,18 @@ func _spawn_armed_enemy_local(enemy_name: String, spawn_pos: Vector3, main_weapo
 	enemies_container.add_child(enemy, true)
 	print("[Peer ", multiplayer.get_unique_id(), "] Armed enemy ", enemy_name, " spawned successfully")
 
+	# Server credits kill gold for armed enemies spawned outside the wave spawner
+	if multiplayer.is_server():
+		enemy.died.connect(_on_level_enemy_died.bind(enemy))
+
+## Kill-gold payout for enemies spawned directly by the level (not the wave spawner).
+## Practice dummies are deliberately NOT connected - they respawn and would be farmable.
+func _on_level_enemy_died(killer_id: int, enemy: Node):
+	if not multiplayer.is_server():
+		return
+	if killer_id > 0 and Network.players.has(killer_id) and enemy is BaseEnemy:
+		GameState.server_credit_kill(killer_id, enemy.gold_reward)
+
 ## Spawn initial armed enemies when server starts
 func _spawn_armed_enemies():
 	if not multiplayer.is_server():