I use libraries all the time. However, all the C++ DirectX GUI libraries seemed way too heavy for what I was trying to do. Part of the fun of hobby projects is

I use libraries all the time. However, all the C++ DirectX GUI libraries seemed way too heavy for what I was trying to do. Part of the fun of hobby projects is creating your own little development style, and digging through old docs on opinionated frameworks to reconcile those choices doesn't make for a very fun hobby project :( Now that I think of it, the GUI itself was simple enough to do, but the mouse clicks in the 3D scene + various methods of selection were the biggest pain. The GUI just had to show things related to those selections.