Devlog06: UI cleanup

🔥 Critical Path: GameManager → Main Menu → Game UI → Script Cleanup → Testing

• Each phase depends on the previous one being stable
• September 8 is the MVP delivery target

⏱️ Time Breakdown:

• Days 1-2: Foundation (GameManager, ProgressTracker)
  • I saved scene 211 as MVP2 and added these scripts
  • Working with Claude using console logs. 
    Claude has added in extra features and tends to add complexity I do not want.
    Even when I say “keep it simple” and “ask me questions”.
    It does force me to be clear in my thinking or I get garbage with my prompts.
  • UI needs fixing but console logs are encouraging. We have basic functionality. 
  • Build and upload demo for itch.io
    • UI needs fixing
      • Text boxes not set up well
      • buttons not pressable - pressing esc needed when using the editor - this doesn't work in the build.
      • fix how to end the game - currently need to tab out and lose window from task bar.  
• Days 3-4: Main Menu (Dashboard, granular selection)
  • Main Menu scene added without major issues.
    • Buttons for Missions and Tutorials highlighted some problems.
      • MinimalModeUI added to enable game play after button clicking
      • Legacy systems caused problems and extensive debug logs to solve problems
      • The fix was simple (but time consuming) - journey tracker component had been disabled but not removed 
        • resulting in multiple instances of journey tracker
          • resulting in it not working correctly. 
    • This resulted in completed some of days 5-8 early
• Days 5-6: Game Scene UI (Coordination, SharedGameUI)
  • Instructions needed for tutorials. 
• Days 7-8: Cleanup & Testing (Remove UI from logic, integrate)
  • Test missions: 

🎯 Milestones:

• M1: Cross-scene GameManager working
• M2: Complete main menu with progress dashboard
• M3: Game UI coordination functional
• MVP: Fully integrated and tested system

Architecture Overview

GameManager (Master Controller) 
├── ProgressTracker (Session data) 
├── GameEventManager (Communication hub) 
└── Scene Management  
Main Menu Scene 
└── MainMenuUI → Shows progress dashboard & launches systems  
Game Scene   
├── GameUIController (Coordinates UI systems) 
│   ├── SharedGameUI (Common elements) 
│   ├── TutorialUIManager (Tutorial-specific) 
│   └── MissionUIManager (Mission-specific) 
├── UIAnimationController (Smooth transitions) 
├── UINotificationManager (Queued messages) 
└── Game Logic (Cleaned - no UI dependencies) 
    ├── JourneyTracker (Pure logic + events)
    └── LearningMissionsManager (Pure logic + events)

Event Flow Examples

Tutorial Completion Flow

JourneyTracker → OnMissionStatusChanged(true)     
     ↓ 
GameEventManager → BroadcastTutorialCompleted(type)
     ↓ 
GameManager → CompleteTutorial(type)
     ↓ 
ProgressTracker → SetTutorialComplete(type, true)
     ↓ 
UIAnimationController → ShowCompletion()
     ↓ 
SharedGameUI → ShowCompletionMessage()

Scene Transition Flow

<strong class="inline-flex items-center justify-center relative shrink-0 can-focus select-none disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:opacity-50 disabled:shadow-none disabled:drop-shadow-none text-text-300 border-transparent transition font-ui tracking-tight duration-300 ease-[cubic-bezier(0.165,0.85,0.45,1)] hover:bg-bg-300 aria-checked:bg-bg-400 aria-expanded:bg-bg-400 hover:text-text-100 aria-pressed:text-text-100 aria-checked:text-text-100 aria-expanded:text-text-100 h-8 w-8 rounded-md active:scale-95 backdrop-blur-md" type="button" aria-label="Copy to clipboard" data-state="closed">MainMenuUI → StartTutorial(JourneyType.Walk)
     ↓ 
GameManager → CurrentMode = Tutorial, CurrentTarget = Walk
     ↓ 
SceneManager → LoadScene("GameScene")
     ↓ 
GameUIController → SetupForCurrentMode()
     ↓ 
TutorialUIManager → Initialize(Walk)
     ↓ 
TutorialFactory → CreateTutorial(Walk, gameObject)</strong>