Updates on View Controller Disappear After Segue - ios

Question

I've been working through a project and have gotten most of the functionality straight, however there's one part that continues to stump me. I am using MVC format, and I have a two view controllers (one profile and one game). When progress is made on the game, the proper changes to game view controller show (i.e. button disappears and UI background color changes colors). However, when I segue to profile view controller using 'back' on navigation bar and return to the game view controller, the game view controller returns to the default without reflecting game progress.
I've tried unwinding segue, making a delegate going from view controller to model responsible for game play, adjusting my game logic, and trying viewdidload and viewwillappear. I'm running out of ideas.
Here are samples of pertinent code:
Game View Controller
import UIKit
import Firebase
class GameController: UIViewController, BrainDelegate, UITextFieldDelegate {
#IBOutlet weak var dateUsername: UILabel!
#IBOutlet weak var questionText: UILabel!
#IBOutlet weak var scoreText: UILabel!
#IBOutlet weak var answerOne: UITextField!
var userListOne: [String] = []
#IBOutlet weak var answerTwo: UITextField!
#IBOutlet weak var answerThree: UITextField!
#IBOutlet weak var answerFour: UITextField!
#IBOutlet weak var enterOne: UIButton!
#IBOutlet weak var enterTwo: UIButton!
#IBOutlet weak var enterThree: UIButton!
#IBOutlet weak var enterFour: UIButton!
#IBOutlet weak var feedbackText: UILabel!
#IBAction func logoutPressed(_ sender: UIBarButtonItem) {
do {
try Auth.auth().signOut()
navigationController?.popToRootViewController(animated: true)
} catch let signOutError as NSError {
print ("Error signing out: %#", signOutError)
}
}
let db = Firestore.firestore()
var questions = [Question]()
var Brain = Brain()
var delegate: brainDelegate?
//variables for delegate with json data
var questioner : String?
var dater : String?
var a1 : String?
var a2 : String?
var a3 : String?
var a4 : String?
//For game play
var answer1: String?
var answer2: String?
var answer3: String?
var answer4: String?
var puzzlesCompleted = "0"
func didUpdateBrain(narratives: [Question]) {
self.questions = narratives
}
func didFailWithError(error: Error) {
print(error)
}
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
// Do any additional setup after loading the view.
minketBrain.delegate = self
answerOne.delegate = self
answerTwo.delegate = self
answerThree.delegate = self
answerFour.delegate = self
if let localData = minketBrain.readLocalJSONFile(forName: K.minketClues) {
minketBrain.parseJSON(jsonData: localData)
}
//Transfer data from Profile Controller
self.questionText.text = questioner
self.dateUsername.text = dater
self.answer1 = a1
self.answer2 = a2
self.answer3 = a3
self.answer4 = a4
}
override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
view.reloadInputViews()
answerOne.text = userListOne.last
}
//MARK: - Button Logic
#IBAction func enterPressed(_ sender: UIButton) {
enterPressedOne()
allRight()
}
//Other buttons replicate the same code above
//MARK: - Correct Answer Logic
func allRight(){
if answerOne.backgroundColor == UIColor.green && answerTwo.backgroundColor == UIColor.green && answerThree.backgroundColor == UIColor.green && answerFour.backgroundColor == UIColor.green {
feedbackText.text = K.congratsText
puzzlesCompleted = "1"
if let allAnswer = scoreText.text, let userName = Auth.auth().currentUser?.email{
db.collection(K.FStore.collectionName).addDocument(data: [K.FStore.userName:userName, K.FStore.clueDate:dateUsername.text!, K.FStore.totalPoints:allAnswer, K.FStore.completionField:puzzlesCompleted]) { (error) in
if let e = error{
print("There was an error in data collection to Firestore \(e)")
}else{
print("Successfully saved data")
}
}
}
}
}
//MARK: - Update UI-Each Question
func enterPressedOne(){
if let item = answerOne.text, item.isEmpty == true { // need to make sure we have something here
userListOne.append(item) // store it in our data holder
print(userListOne)
}
if answerOne.text == self.answer1!.lowercased(){
answerOne.backgroundColor = UIColor.green
enterOne.isHidden = true
answerOne.isEnabled = false
}else{
answerOne.backgroundColor = UIColor.red
}
}
}
Unwind segue function in my profile controller
#IBAction func unwindToDestinationViewController (sender: UIStoryboardSegue){
print("Unwind")
}