started working inventory system

Assets/Scripts/Inventory.cs

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+using UnityEngine;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+public class Inventory : MonoBehaviour
+{
+    public int maxCapacity = 20;
+    protected Dictionary<string, int> items = new();
+    public List<InventoryEntry> startingItems; //List for inspector
+    private int gold;
+    public int Gold
+    {
+        get { return gold; }
+        set { gold = Mathf.Max(0, value); }
+    }
+
+    void Start()
+    {
+        // Initialize inventory with starting items
+        foreach (var entry in startingItems)
+        {
+            for (int i = 0; i < entry.quantity; i++)
+            {
+                AddItem(entry.itemName);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    // 'virtual' allows this method to be overridden by subclasses like PlayerInventory
+    public virtual void AddItem(string itemName)
+    {
+        if (items.Count >= maxCapacity && !items.ContainsKey(itemName))
+        {
+            Debug.Log("Inventory is full. Cannot add new item: " + itemName);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (items.ContainsKey(itemName))
+        {
+            items[itemName]++;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            items[itemName] = 1;
+        }
+        Debug.Log($"Added {itemName} to an inventory. Total: {items[itemName]}");
+    }
+
+    public void RemoveItem(string itemName)
+    {
+        items.Remove(itemName);
+    }
+    public int GetItemCount(string itemName)
+    {
+        return items.ContainsKey(itemName) ? items[itemName] : 0;
+    }
+}
+[System.Serializable]
+public class InventoryEntry
+{
+    public string itemName;
+    public int quantity;
+}