UI Overhaul - Quest and Messaging System (Patreon)

Over the past few days, I’ve been working on some major improvements to the Mission and Messaging systems in Sarada's Rise.

Visually, both systems have been redesigned to present information in a much clearer way. Missions now display their location, rewards, related characters, and mission type directly on screen, reducing the amount of information hidden behind different menus. The entire layout has also been reorganized to make navigation more intuitive and easier to read.

The messaging system has received several improvements as well. Messages sent by Ryuta now appear on the right side of the conversation, something that should have been implemented from the beginning and makes conversations feel much more natural to read. Character icons have also been updated, and the mission-related messaging screen has been redesigned.

I’ve also added new content indicators. Whenever you receive new messages or unlock new missions, a red notification dot will appear both inside the corresponding menus and on the phone itself, making it much easier to identify new content at a glance.

While these may look like simple interface improvements, a large part of the work happened behind the scenes. I rewrote the code for both the Mission and Messaging systems to make them more flexible and prevent compatibility issues with future updates. This will allow me to add new features and expand both systems without carrying over the limitations of the previous implementation.

The images below show a comparison between the previous version and the new one.