Quest Log and Controller Input
Intro
This will be a fairly small update since I was on vacation the past week and wasn't able to work on the game. First and foremost I was able to mostly accomplish what I planned to do for the past sprint. I finished up the Quest Log and make it visually update for the player. I also implemented all of the controller input however I ran into one major issue that I will go over in a later section.
Quest Journal UI
The Quests are separated by Active and Completed with unobtained Quests not being shown. Eventually I want to have the UI mimic the Quest Log in Baulder's Gate 3 where the Quest info is displayed on the right of the screen but that can wait for another update. It is a fairly basic UI now but in terms of showing information to the player it functions as is.
Quest Log UI
Controller Input
All of the major controls are now implemented to use both Keyboard and Mouse and controller however I was only partially able to implement being able to navigate a grid menu with the controller. Through researching Unity's UI systems I found that the UI Builder I was using for all of my UI elements has a major drawback that I hadn't seen when I initially decided to use it. It doesn't natively allow for the Navigate function to work as effectively as the Canvas UI system. With the Canvas UI you can set up UI elements to Navigate to certain elements when the directional buttons are pressed through the inspector. However, with the Ui Builder that functionality hasn't been implemented yet. The only way to replicate it using the UI Builder is to program the navigation myself which I was able to mostly complete but because of the learning curve, I wasn't able to finish it in time for the end of the sprint.
Next Sprint: Finish Controller Support and Work on Shrine System
For the next sprint I want to fully finish the controller support and then move on to working on the final system for the MVP which is the Shrine System. The Shrine System is going to be the main way that the player progresses throughout the game. The player will need to place a certain number of potions with certain effects to open new areas and assist in healing the surrounding land.