So after my first preview of the demo to a few people, I realized I forgot to customize the technical pieces a bit, and that was definitely what people noticed. Over the weekend, I did some research, grabbed some great references, made edits that fit my theme, and so far I’m really liking things.
I made a window skin that resembles the robes of the village Elder, and the background is reminiscent of parchment used for writing scrolls. Not only this, but I made a custom menu. It looks like a page from a journal with each sub menu scribbled out until the player clicks on it, but is legible non the least. At the end, I test a skill tree I built after learning how button events work. This will give me greater freedom with building out the skill tree, amongst other things.
You can check out the test here.