🗺️ UI Main Menu

UIMainMenu – Component Overview

The UIMainMenu component controls all logic related to the main menu interface, pet selection, scene switching, and HUD in the Virtual Pet Game Template. This page provides a summarized explanation of its key editable public variables and how to configure or expand them.

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🎛️ Root Menus

• uiNewPlayer: Shown when no nickname/pet is registered yet.

• uiGame: Main gameplay UI shown after account creation.

🐾 New‑Player Flow

• startMenu / selectMenu: Panels for nickname input and pet selection.

• startGameBtn: Button to confirm nickname and go to pet selection.

• nicknameInput: Text field for the player’s nickname.

• petEntryPrefab: Prefab used to display each available pet.

• petEntryContainer: UI container to hold all pet entries.

• confirmBtn: Confirms nickname and pet selection to start the game.

🧾 Gameplay HUD

• petNickname: Displays the pet’s nickname.

• level: Displays the player's current level.

• levelProgress: Fillable image for level EXP progress.

• fillTweenDuration: Duration of the EXP fill animation.

🐶 Pet Model

• petModelContainer: Where the selected pet is instantiated.

📂 In‑Game Menus

Each menu object below can be assigned and then called via OpenMenu(string id):

• uiFridge

• uiFoodShop

• uiSettings

• uiCloset

• uiClothesShop

• uiBed

• uiMinigames

To add new menus:

1. Create a new GameObject panel in the UI.

2. Add it as a public variable in this script.

3. Register it in the menuMap dictionary inside Awake().

4. Call it using OpenMenu("your_id").

🏠 Scenario Configuration

• nextSceneBtn / prevSceneBtn: Buttons to navigate between available scenes.

• sceneNameLabel: Displays the current scene name (localized).

• scenes: List of available scenario entries. Each contains:

  • sceneId: Unique identifier

  • sceneName: Translatable label

  • sceneBackgroundObj: Prefab for background

  • sceneOptions: Optional prefab with interactive props

• sceneBgContainer: Where the background is instantiated.

• sceneOptionContainer: Where scene props/options are instantiated.

✅ To add a new scene:

1. Create a new GameScene entry in the scenes list.

2. Assign a unique sceneId, background prefab, and optionally an options prefab.

3. Add a sceneName translation using the LanguageManager.

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This component is essential for initializing gameplay, managing navigation, and controlling the overall user experience from the home screen.