I've figured I should share an update to tell you all that I've not abandoned the GUI project even though I've found working on it to be a little tiresome. Perhaps I'm just not organizing my work correctly? Anyway I have 11 containers complete and a few sprites. Here's a refined inventory:
Good news: I'm procrastinating LESS on making of that GUI :D I actually really like how it's coming along! At this rate I might finish it before summer lol