Make start button clearer

Start button now grabs focus

Author: LifeHckr

scenes/BattleDirector/scripts/BattleDirector.cs

@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ public partial class BattleDirector : Node2D
     [Export]
     private AudioStreamPlayer Audio;
 
+    [Export]
+    private Button _focusedButton; //Initially start button
+
     private double _timingInterval = .1; //secs, maybe make somewhat note dependent
     private double _lastBeat;
 
@@ -90,16 +93,13 @@ public override void _Ready()
         CM.Connect(nameof(InputHandler.NotePressed), new Callable(this, nameof(OnNotePressed)));
         CM.Connect(nameof(InputHandler.NoteReleased), new Callable(this, nameof(OnNoteReleased)));
 
-        //TODO: This is a temporary measure
-        Button startButton = new Button();
-        startButton.Text = "Start";
-        startButton.Position = GetViewportRect().Size / 2;
-        AddChild(startButton);
-        startButton.Pressed += () =>
+        _focusedButton.GrabFocus();
+        _focusedButton.Pressed += () =>
         {
             var timer = GetTree().CreateTimer(AudioServer.GetTimeToNextMix());
             timer.Timeout += Begin;
-            startButton.QueueFree();
+            _focusedButton.QueueFree();
+            _focusedButton = null;
         };
     }
 
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ private void EndBattle()
 
     public override void _Process(double delta)
     {
+        _focusedButton?.GrabFocus();
         TimeKeeper.CurrentTime = Audio.GetPlaybackPosition();
         double realBeat = TimeKeeper.CurrentTime / (60 / (double)TimeKeeper.Bpm) % CM.BeatsPerLoop;
         CD.CheckMiss(realBeat);

scenes/BattleDirector/test_battle_scene.tscn

@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ gradient = SubResource("Gradient_8uy3a")
 fill_from = Vector2(1, 0)
 fill_to = Vector2(0.738532, 1)
 
-[node name="ProtoBattleDirector" type="Node2D" node_paths=PackedStringArray("CM", "NotePlacementBar", "CD", "Audio")]
+[node name="ProtoBattleDirector" type="Node2D" node_paths=PackedStringArray("CM", "NotePlacementBar", "CD", "Audio", "_focusedButton")]
 process_mode = 1
 script = ExtResource("1_cwqqr")
 CM = NodePath("SubViewport")
 NotePlacementBar = NodePath("NotePlacementBar")
 CD = NodePath("Conductor")
 Audio = NodePath("AudioStreamPlayer")
+_focusedButton = NodePath("StartButton")
 metadata/_edit_lock_ = true
 
 [node name="AudioStreamPlayer" type="AudioStreamPlayer" parent="."]
@@ -64,3 +65,11 @@ offset_top = 178.0
 offset_right = 640.0
 offset_bottom = 360.0
 texture = ExtResource("6_0ak0g")
+
+[node name="StartButton" type="Button" parent="."]
+modulate = Color(5, 5, 5, 1)
+offset_left = 241.0
+offset_top = 234.0
+offset_right = 399.0
+offset_bottom = 265.0
+text = "Begin Battle [Enter]"