lose screen UI; needs animation

player/score_label.gd

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+class_name ScoreLabel
 extends Control
 
 const DESIRED_SCALE := Vector2.ONE * .5
 
+static var instance: ScoreLabel
+
 @onready var label: Label = get_child(0)
 var tween: Tween
 var _display_score := 0
@@ -23,6 +26,9 @@ var score := 0:
 func exp_lerp(a: Variant, b: Variant, decay: float, dt: float) -> Variant:
 	return lerp(a, b, 1 - exp(-decay * dt))
 
+func _init() -> void:
+	instance = self
+
 func _ready() -> void:
 	scale = DESIRED_SCALE
 	score = score