📅☢️ -> #5 Set up canvas for scriptable objects

Assets/DB/Database.cs

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+using System.Collections;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using UnityEngine;
+using System.Linq;
+
+public class Database : MonoBehaviour {
+    public ItemDatabase items;
+    private static Database instance; // Ensure we only ever have 1 instance of the database at any time
+
+    private void Awake() {
+        if(instance == null) { // If null, we don't currently have a database instance
+            instance = this;
+            DontDestroyOnLoad(gameObject); // Ensure this object is not destroyed when loading a new scene
+        }
+        else {
+            Destroy(gameObject); // If we already have a database instance, destroy this one
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static Item GetItemById(string ID) {
+        // foreach(IEqualityComparer item in instance.items.allItems) {
+        //     if(item.itemID == ID) 
+        //         return item;
+        // }
+
+        // // If we get here, we didn't find an item with the given ID
+        // return null;
+
+        // System.Linq fetch [iem] method
+        return instance.items.allItems.FirstOrDefault(i => i.itemID == ID);
+    }
+
+    //Get random item -> e.g. random items that an enemy might drop
+    public static Item GetRandomItem() {
+        return instance.items.allItems[Random.Range(0, instance.items.allItems.Count())];
+    }
+}

Assets/DB/Tester.cs

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+using UnityEngine;
+using UnityEngine.UI;
+using TMPro;
+
+public class Tester : MonoBehaviour {
+    public Text itemNameText; // should be TextMeshProGUI, currently debugging this (type or namespace not found)
+    public Text itemDescriptionText; // should be TextMeshProGUI, currently debugging this (type or namespace not found)
+    public Text itemCostText; // should be TextMeshProGUI, currently debugging this (type or namespace not found)
+    public Image itemSprite;
+    [Space]
+    public string searchItemID; // This will be set based on whatever item we need to be generated at that point (e.g. after opening up a shop window or finishing a quest)
+
+    public void GetNewRandomItem() {
+        SetUI(Database.GetRandomItem());
+    }
+
+    public void GetItemById() {
+        SetUI(Database.GetItemById(searchItemID));
+    }
+
+    private void SetUI(Item i) {
+        itemNameText.text = i.itemName;
+        itemDescriptionText.text = i.itemDescription;
+        itemCostText.text = i.itemCost + "$";
+        itemSprite.sprite = i.itemSprite;
+    }
+}