This is actually worse. There is less contrast between the background and the text colour and the UI elements, the text size is still too small, and the layout of this screen makes no sense: the vertical alignment of the elements is all over the place, the ordering is confusing, and none of this is really explained. Why am I moving a slider for what isn’t a scale (it should be a dropdown if anything), why is it a doughnut chart on the right? What do the red and the blue indicate on the central one? Why am I doing anything? I was presented a wolf and selected the word “praise” then I’m blasted with this menu, followed by a horrible tree diagram with text so small I had no idea what I was even selecting.
On a side note, the itch page for the game is also very difficult to read, especially the links, because of the grey background and red hyperlink colour. I really think you need to do some robust research into accessible UI before making further changes.
Overall I do wonder what you gained from using a custom engine? I’m struggling to see how anything here would require it - of course if it’s just for fun or for experience then it makes sense! But otherwise… It seems to have held you back.