lobby cam

levels/game_shell.gd

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ extends Node3D
 ## previous module first, so no old mesh or collider can survive into the next fight.
 
 @onready var _level_root: Node3D = $LevelRoot
+@onready var _camera: IsoCamera = $Player/Camera3D
 
 
 func _ready() -> void:
@@ -23,4 +24,5 @@ func load_active_level() -> void:
 	if level == null or level.level_scene == null:
 		push_warning("game_shell: active level has no level_scene")
 		return
+	_camera.set_framing_scale(level.camera_zoom)
 	_level_root.add_child(level.level_scene.instantiate())

levels/level_def.gd

@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ extends Resource
 @export var level_scene: PackedScene = null
 ## Placeholder pip tint on the map until per-level icon art exists.
 @export var color: Color = Color(0.80, 0.62, 0.24)
+## Camera framing multiplier when this level loads — 1.0 is the shell camera's default
+## shot; >1 dollies the camera back for a wider view (the lobby pulls out so the whole
+## hub reads). Applied by game_shell; independent of the player's scroll-wheel zoom.
+@export var camera_zoom: float = 1.0
 ## A boss level caps a run — its node is drawn larger and clearing it ends the map.
 @export var is_boss: bool = false
 ## The enemy this level pits the bull against. Null → the usual matador wave (the

levels/run_state.gd

@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ func _ready() -> void:
 	_bear.enemy_scene = _BEAR_SCENE
 	# The lobby is a fightless hub — no enemy_scene, so no wave spawns and no win/lose.
 	_lobby = _make_level(&"lobby", "Lobby", _LOBBY_LEVEL, Color(0.62, 0.66, 0.72), false)
+	# It's a roomy hub with nothing to fight — pull the camera back so more of it reads.
+	_lobby.camera_zoom = 1.6
 
 
 func _make_level(