Registered to post some feedback about the UI mockup. Really excited about the game, and everything looks great so far...
But while I understand a mock-up is a rough representation of some ideas, this one feels really dated to me. I realise you are making an old school RPG, but hopefully that doesn't/shouldn't extend to every corner of the execution.
Some people will love this look, but please try to cater for different tastes by letting people customise the UI to some degree. Simply being able to disable the frame and decorative elements, opting for a clean, simple design if preferred. Let people move, scale, hide and tweak the opacity of different elements.
Decorative, fleshed out UI designs can work, but very few developers have the kind of time and talent to do it well, in my opinion, only Blizzard really springs to mind, and D3 took 10 years!
