bugfixing

added canvas objects to all scenes (and event systems with them), game should be playable all the way through maybe!

Assets/Scripts/DebugSceneSwitcher.cs

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ using TMPro;
 
 public class DebugSceneSwitcher : MonoBehaviour
 {
-    
-    void Awake() {
-        if (!GameObject.Find("StateController").GetComponent<StateController>().inDebugMode) {
+
+    void Start() {
+         if (!GameObject.Find("StateController").GetComponent<StateController>().inDebugMode) {
             Destroy(this.gameObject);
         }
         // check to see if a debug canvas already exists

Assets/Scripts/StateController.cs

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class StateController : MonoBehaviour {
         SceneManager.sceneLoaded += OnSceneLoaded;
 
         if (inDebugMode) {
-            debugCanvas = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("DebugCanvas");
+            debugCanvas = GameObject.Find("DebugCanvas");
             debugCanvas.SetActive(false);
         }
     }
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ public class StateController : MonoBehaviour {
         deathCanvas = GameObject.Find("DeathUICanvas");
         if (deathCanvas != null) {
             Button respawnButton = GameObject.Find("RespawnButton").GetComponent<Button>();
+            if (respawnButton == null) {
+                print("respawn button not found!");
+            }
             respawnButton.onClick.AddListener(RespawnPlayer);
             deathCanvas.SetActive(false);
         }