Hey, I'd like to make a text and image-based adventure game, with a pretty shell, sprites, and backgrounds like this mockup I made. I also want to have a main menu with buttons that looks like this.
Do you guys know the best/easiest engine to do this with? I am familiar with C++ but am not committed to any particular language.
How advanced do you want to make it? The simplest I can think of is Pygame for Python. It gives you a small engine with enough tools to do some of what you're looking for.