Town’s Charm [v0.8.1c]

New animations – Several new animations of Claire around the house were added.
New Claire interactions – Added several new interactions and actions for Claire, including some that are only available under specific conditions.
New locations – Two new locations were added: the Bathroom and the Kitchen.
UI updates – The user interface received various visual and behavior changes.
EventGUI – A small feature was added to the Social Panel. You can now click on a character’s location to instantly travel to where they currently are.

Logic
Most of the work this update was related to the game’s logic and architecture. I’ll try to keep it short and summarize the most relevant changes.

GameController (Reworked):
The GameController had gradually become the center of almost every major system in the game. This update focused on reducing that dependency and moving responsibilities to more appropriate systems.
Event Manager (Created): It operates independently and manages background changes, transitions, and the fade lifecycle, etc.
Signal Bus (Introduced): A new communication layer was added and integrated across the project. Most of the backend work in this update involved migrating existing systems to use it, helping reduce dependencies between managers and making the project easier to maintain going forward.
In-Game GUI (Rebuilt): The in-game interface was reorganized and rebuilt alongside the EventGUI.
Input Manager (Reworked): Several systems related to movement, dialogue controls, and skipping were reorganized to make player interactions more consistent and reliable.
Interaction System (Rebuilt): The old interaction system was removed and replaced with a more modular approach. This makes interactions easier to create, maintain, and expand.
Audio Manager (Migrated): Updated to work with the new project structure introduced in 0.8. Functionality remains the same.
Daytime Manager (Reworked): Updated to support the new noon timeslot and several related gameplay changes. Additional improvements were also made to how time progression is handled throughout the day.
Relationship / Affection Manager (Migrated): Reworked as part of the broader backend migration. The system is now easier to maintain and provides a cleaner foundation for future relationship-related features.
Transition Controller (Migrated): Updated to work with the new communication structure used across the project, helping keep transitions more consistent with other systems.
InfoPopup / Panel System (Reworked): A brand-new panel framework was introduced, and all panels were migrated to independent scenes.
Interactable Components (New): A new component-based interaction framework was introduced, replacing the previous all-in-one approach and making future interactions much easier to develop.
Camera (Reworked): The camera system received several improvements and additional functionality, providing more flexibility while reducing its reliance on the player node.
Dialogue Box (Polished): It received several improvements and fixes for events.
Social Panel (Stabilized): Multiple issues were addressed, and a new feature was added that allows players to quickly travel to a character’s current location.
Player (Cleaned Up): The player controller received various structural improvements as part of the larger interaction and input rework.
Locations (Expanded): Two new locations were added and integrated into the existing exploration and navigation systems.