UI
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There two extreme approaches when it comes to UIs: the minimalist approach,
where the game map dominates the screen, leaving only a small portion for UI
elements, and the "cluttered" way,  featuring a lot of icons and text (of which
only a small percentage is relevant to the gameplay, but this is a topic for
another day).

It's interesting how retro games, despite their limited resolution (i.e.
320x200), often confined the game area to a tiny portion of the screen. This
was particularly noticeable in first-person turn-based RPGs like "The Bard's
Tale" and "Wasteland". My guess is this was done due to having to refresh only
a small portion of the screen every time, but who knows, perhaps they thought
it looked cool :)

Initially, I wanted to avoid the limited game window size that plagued many old
games and so I decided to make the map cover almost the entire screen. However,
due to the LoS (line of sight), most of the screen would be greyed out and I
wasn't really satisfied with the final look. So, at the bottom of the screen, I
added a belt for quick-use items and on the right-hand side, I allocated space
for text, displaying player's stats and weapon icons and names. Despite
reducing the visible map's size, the game still looks very cool if I can say it
myself :) If nothing else, it has a nice old school vibe which is, in the end,
very appropriate.