I'm so glad you gave it another shot!
For the final build, I plan to render the game onto a texture applied to a painting inside a room. You will play as a wizard holding a controller, interacting with it through a diegetic UI, or you can just connect an actual controller or keyboard. I'm not entirely sure if I can even pull this off but if you are interested in seeing how it goes, I share my daily progress on Instagram(gamedevajay) and change things based on the feedback