did i really spend less than an hour working on this game over the course of an entire week? yes!

.idea/.idea.ReisenTasker/.idea/indexLayout.xml

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project version="4">
+  <component name="UserContentModel">
+    <attachedFolders />
+    <explicitIncludes />
+    <explicitExcludes />
+  </component>
+</project>

Assets/Prefabs/CraftItemTest.asset

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+%YAML 1.1
+%TAG !u! tag:unity3d.com,2011:
+--- !u!114 &11400000
+MonoBehaviour:
+  m_ObjectHideFlags: 0
+  m_CorrespondingSourceObject: {fileID: 0}
+  m_PrefabInstance: {fileID: 0}
+  m_PrefabAsset: {fileID: 0}
+  m_GameObject: {fileID: 0}
+  m_Enabled: 1
+  m_EditorHideFlags: 0
+  m_Script: {fileID: 11500000, guid: a100b9e8279440fd88e58bae66ffb885, type: 3}
+  m_Name: CraftItemTest
+  m_EditorClassIdentifier: Assembly-CSharp::Item
+  itemName: Brick
+  description: 
+  icon: {fileID: 0}
+  requiredMaterials:
+  - item: {fileID: 11400000, guid: eaef781da6195e1a491978951b17d3b8, type: 2}
+    amount: 1
+  craftedAmount: 1
+  value: 0

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Assets/Prefabs/TestItem.asset

@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@ MonoBehaviour:
   itemName: Water
   description: h2o
   icon: {fileID: 0}
+  requiredMaterials: []
+  craftedAmount: 1
+  value: 0

Assets/Scripts/Inventory/CraftableUIObject.cs

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+using TMPro;
+using UnityEngine;
+using UnityEngine.UI;
+
+public class CraftableUIObject : MonoBehaviour
+{
+    public CraftingRequirementUIObject templateRequirementUI;
+    public Transform requirementGrid;
+    public TextMeshProUGUI itemNameText;
+    public TextMeshProUGUI amountText;
+    public Image itemIcon;
+    public Button thisButton;
+
+    public void SetObject(Item itemToSet)
+    {
+        itemNameText.text = itemToSet.itemName; //it would be reset every time you open the inventory instead of updating only the amount but whatever it doesn't matter
+        amountText.text = $"x{itemToSet.craftedAmount}";
+        itemIcon.sprite = itemToSet.icon;
+        thisButton.onClick.AddListener(() => CraftingSystem.instance.TryCraftingItem(itemToSet));
+        foreach (InventoryManager.ItemAmount craftingRequirement in itemToSet.requiredMaterials)
+        {
+            CraftingRequirementUIObject newRequirementUI = Instantiate(templateRequirementUI, requirementGrid);
+            newRequirementUI.SetObject(craftingRequirement.item, craftingRequirement.amount);
+        }
+    }
+}

Assets/Scripts/Inventory/CraftableUIObject.cs.meta

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Assets/Scripts/Inventory/CraftingRequirementUIObject.cs

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+using TMPro;
+using UnityEngine;
+using UnityEngine.UI;
+
+public class CraftingRequirementUIObject : MonoBehaviour
+{
+	public TextMeshProUGUI amountText;
+	public Image itemIcon;
+	
+	public void SetObject(Item itemToSet, int amount)
+	{
+		amountText.text = amount.ToString();
+		itemIcon.sprite = itemToSet.icon;
+	}
+}

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Assets/Scripts/Inventory/CraftingSystem.cs

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 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using UnityEngine;
+using UnityEngine.UI;
 
 public class CraftingSystem : MonoBehaviour
 {
+	#region Statication
+
+	public static CraftingSystem instance;
+
+	private void Awake()
+	{
+		if (instance != null && instance != this)
+		{
+			Destroy(gameObject);
+			return;
+		}
+		DontDestroyOnLoad(this);
+		instance = this;
+	}
+
+	#endregion
+	public List<Item> knownCraftables = new();
+	[Header("UI")] 
+	public Transform craftableUIGrid;
+	public CraftableUIObject templateCraftButton; 
+	public void UpdateKnownCraftables(Item newCraftable)
+	{
+		knownCraftables.Add(newCraftable);
+		CraftableUIObject newButton = Instantiate(templateCraftButton, craftableUIGrid);
+		newButton.SetObject(newCraftable);
+	}
 	public bool TryCraftingItem(Item requestedItem)
 	{
 		List<InventoryManager.ItemAmount> missingItems = new();

Assets/Scripts/Inventory/InventoryUIObject.cs

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ public class InventoryUIObject : MonoBehaviour
 
 	public void SetObject(Item itemToSet)
 	{
-		Debug.Log("here");
 		itemNameText.text = itemToSet.itemName; //it would be reset every time you open the inventory instead of updating only the amount but whatever it doesn't matter
 		amountText.text = $"x{InventoryManager.instance.CheckItemAmount(itemToSet)}";
 		itemIcon.sprite = itemToSet.icon;