worked on interactions

Assets/Scene 1 Assets/Dialogue.cs

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ public class Dialogue : MonoBehaviour
     public List<string> pages = new List<string>();
     public List<int> emotes = new List<int>();
     int curPage = 0;
-    public bool isOpen = true;
+    public bool isOpen = false;
     //used to activate/deactivate test object
     //activate through outside means probably
     public GameObject textTest;
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ public class Dialogue : MonoBehaviour
     {
         if (pages.Count > 0) 
         {
-            textbox.text = pages[0];
             arrow.text = "";
         }
     }

Assets/Scene 1 Assets/TextTrigger.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+using System.Collections;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using UnityEngine;
+
+public class TextTrigger : Trigger
+{
+    public Dialogue TextBox;
+    public override void Action()
+    {
+        TextBox.gameObject.SetActive(true);
+        TextBox.GetComponent<Dialogue>().isOpen = true;
+    }
+}

Assets/Scene 1 Assets/TextTrigger.cs.meta

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
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Assets/Scene 1 Assets/Textbox.prefab

@@ -607,8 +607,10 @@ MonoBehaviour:
   arrow: {fileID: 7395190149993767727}
   audioManager: {fileID: 0}
   pages: []
+  emotes: 
   isOpen: 0
   textTest: {fileID: 7059772332581294260}
+  isTalking: 0
 --- !u!1 &7059772333148747624
 GameObject:
   m_ObjectHideFlags: 0
@@ -808,7 +810,7 @@ GameObject:
   - component: {fileID: -2532599903388458229}
   m_Layer: 0
   m_Name: Textbox
-  m_TagString: Untagged
+  m_TagString: Event
   m_Icon: {fileID: 0}
   m_NavMeshLayer: 0
   m_StaticEditorFlags: 0

Assets/Scene 1 Assets/Trigger.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+using System.Collections;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using UnityEngine;
+
+
+//to implement inheritance
+public abstract class Trigger : MonoBehaviour
+{
+    //tags for the trigger
+    public bool forceInteract;
+    public bool repeatable;
+    bool isActive;
+    //only worry about this if it is not repeatable
+    bool hasOccurred;
+    public int value;
+    // Start is called before the first frame update
+    void Start()
+    {
+        hasOccurred = false;
+    }
+
+    //checks if player is in range of the trigger
+    private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other) {
+        if(other.CompareTag("Player")) {
+            isActive = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void OnTriggerExit2D(Collider2D other) {
+        if(other.CompareTag("Player")) {
+            isActive = false;
+        }
+        if(forceInteract && repeatable) {
+            hasOccurred = false;
+        }
+    }
+    // Update is called once per frame
+    void Update()
+    {
+        //checks if conditions are right
+        if(isActive && !hasOccurred) 
+        {
+            //executes action upon entering
+            if(forceInteract) 
+            {
+                Action();
+                hasOccurred = true;
+                isActive = false;
+            }
+            //only executes action if input is pressed
+            else
+            {
+                if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.E)) {
+                    Action();
+                    if(!repeatable)
+                    {
+                        hasOccurred = true;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public abstract void Action();
+
+}

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