thanks so much :) i use Godot 4.5 and i found this github project i love (https://github.com/SoloByte/godot-polygon2d-fracture) that i have modified to fit my use case. it allows use to destroy polygons using other polygons. that allows you to create guns, bombs, laser, and axe chopping to cut polygons. In this case all the polygons are sprites of trees created from a kenneyNL tilemap :)