Main UI

[aeonic-dev]

Title screen user interface and inventory

Set up

• [x] align scriptable boxes to UI backpack graphic
• [x] move backpack to one side
• [x] move dialogue to left

Inventory

• [x] block cursor and load cursor when inventory is opened
• [x] closing and open inventory canvas
• [x] get references to each inventory space
• [x] spawn items from a list in inventory
• [x] remove item from a list (unnecessary, GameManager will remove from the main inventory list that inventory depends on) - [ ] Use item May just check if player has item to complete quest without using item.
• [x] Back button closes canvas
• [x] Check if inventory is already opened, do not open (create a singleton)
• [x] Check if inventory is already opened, pressing I will close it
• [x] Check if inventory does not exist yet, pressing I will open it
• [x] Fade inventory in and out

Item Info

• [x] Create a dialogue for reading item info
• [x] Load title and description - [] Exit out of page Moved dialogue to left.
• [x] On hover, display item info

Save

• [x] create box for text of saves
• [x] load the time saved with title (backend)
• [x] change selection on hover
• [x] create a delete save button
• [x] spawn dialogue to ask to delete save
• [x] open/close dialgoue
• [x] open/close save selector based on "new game" and "load game"
• [x] Let the parent Save Selector find all child objects of type Save Slot, and name them accordingly (slot 1, slot 2) in array.

Options

• [x] Communicate and save changes to options
• [x] Custom keycode input
• [x] Custom FOV input
• [x] Reticle options

Main UI

- [ ] Script for battery life unused

• [x] Buttons change color on hover
• [x] Cursor changes image on hover
• [x] Box is drawn around selection

Credits

• [x] Spawn a box showing the artists, programmers, level designers who helped create this project
• [x] Link the button
• [x] Close the box

New Game

• [ ] if there is an empty save slot, automatically create a new game Player will click on empty slot.
• [x] Delete saves (Backend)

!!NEEDS ART!!!

• [x] "Empty Slot" 16:9
• [x] regular cursor and pointer/clickable cursor
• [x] default UI background (eg: behind scene selector)
• [x] trash icon to delete a save

Debug: For dialogue boxes there can only be one of, make sure to block raycasts or have a singleton check as needed Find all references in the inspector (not necessary since they are found in script, but may save time in build/load)

[awetos]

Working on the UI was wondering if artists / designers have preferences or ideas for

• Color scheme
• Font
• Button sprites (such as a more rectangular button, buttons with texture or edges)
• background image (a 3D scene? a movie? A still image?)

I will work on the inventory UI next. I was wondering if artists have an idea of what they'd like it to look like? (example the backpack idea)

[aeonic-dev]

@BecBrock @HschwandtHCC

[awetos]

I did a mockup for what the inventory UI could look like. The top option is if the inventory UI is on the same screen as when playing, the bottom option is if the inventory is on a separate scene or an overlay when paused so that the mouse can go over the items and click them. Each has its pros and cons and I'd like to know what you guys are thinking would fit well for this game.

[aeonic-dev]

My thought was, since we generally won't have interactions that require actually holding an item (as far as I know) it makes sense to only display the inventory when it's explicitly opened. That said we can do either if y'all have ideas that would require the hotbar.

Both designs look great!

Edit: didn't see the later discussion over on Discord; something between the second idea here and the backpack design seems perfect.

[BecBrock]

Sorry for being late on the replies! Taylor had the backpack idea, which I liked. We could basically use the second idea with a backpack graphic in the background. I like the idea of an enlarged view since we'll be spending time modeling the items. I'll get Taylor working on the backpack tomorrow so that the UI can be completed ASAP.

[BecBrock]

Update: Adicus is going to make the UI/menu art.

[awetos]

Sounds good! I will work on the backpack idea

[awetos]

As posted on the discord, was wondering if you guys have input on how to do the save game layout

[awetos]

TODO:

Save Item system Options

[awetos]

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/78708899/190026924-e1662533-0a4c-428d-bbde-43e93c75ff62.mp4

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/78708899/190026938-95c9aca6-b2b8-42fb-abbd-b7475bbb0ff3.mp4

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/78708899/190026951-d274ece4-8dc6-4edc-be30-155ccb44b25d.mp4

[awetos]

OPTIONS MENU:

Be able to hit Escape and bring up the options menu during gameplay. You can edit the keys again, save and quit

[awetos]

If the player clicks new game, and there is no empty save slot, do not let them click a game, tell them to delete a slot first.