Initial menu system by claude

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+Currently, my demo game includes a hotkey system.  You will use the
+existing hotkey system as inspiration to build a menu system.
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+In my lua code, I can create a class such as "sphere."  Then
+I can create an instance of that class and make it appear in
+the world.
+
+I can also define a lua function "sphere.lookhotkeys" which adds
+hotkeys to objects of class sphere.  When I aim the crosshairs
+at a sphere, a widget WB_Hotkeys appears, and it shows me the
+hotkeys for spheres.
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+I can then press one of those hotkeys.  The WB_Hotkeys widget
+handles the key event, displaying visual feedback, and it
+also invokes a lua function which eventually leads to the
+proper hotkey action being taken in lua.
+
+I want you to study this mechanism, learning exactly how this
+process works.  Then, I want you to implement a menu system
+that operates on exactly the same principles.
+
+Currently, my demo game contains a sphere and a cube which
+both have hotkeys.  I want you to reprogram the cube
+so that it has a menu instead of hotkeys.
+
+The menu system will require me to write a lua function
+such as cube.lookmenu, which generates the contents of the
+menu.  When I point the crosshairs at a cube, the menu
+widget WB_Menu will appear in minimized form.  In minimized
+form, the WB_Menu widget will just look like a little
+circle or something.  This is just enough of a clue to
+the user that a menu is there to be activated.
+
+When the user clicks the left mouse button, WB_Menu will
+switch to active form: it will display the menu and put
+the mouse pointer on the first menu item.  I can then
+drag the mouse and select a menu item, or I can drag off
+the menu to choose nothing.  When I release the mouse
+button, if the mouse is over a menu item, there's some
+visual feedback, and the appropriate lua closure is
+invoked.  Then, the menu goes back to minimized state.
+
+You must implement all of this using a combination of lua
+and blueprint-language.  No C++.  You can use the UE
+Wingman plugin to edit blueprints.
+
+Along the way, it is possible that the UE Wingman plugin may
+fail - it's still in beta.  If so, please pause, notify me,
+and you and I will work together to get things up and
+running again.
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