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Well, I congratulate you as this is a great project, I'm more than sure that you have learned a lot while doing it!

I know how hard it is to build a GUI, but it is mostly fine as it is (except the artistic choices as I said 😛). Themes are a very powerful toolset in Godot, I've also used them for my project and it saves a lot of time if used correctly.

Great job! 😁

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dan.collins.dev2 years ago(+1)

Thanks! Yeah, I've using custom themes in my latest projects. The real issue is building the components out and making sure they interact with what they need to the right way without parts becoming so tightly coupled that you're afraid to fix one thing and break 10 more. Also, getting the hang of margins and anchors. I'm getting better at it and I definitely learned a lot.

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Polanski2 years ago

If you haven't used them yet, VBoxContainers and HBoxContainers are great nodes to organize the control nodes in lists, recommended 100%!

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dan.collins.dev2 years ago(+1)

Oh yeah, I have been. For example, this how the alchemy menu's node structure looks. The item that is clicked has only it's ingredients' labels and counts revealed. I used the 2nd Vbox for spacing. I think its just the same amount of labels with a text value of four spaces.

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