Just make it consistent. There are so many buttons, etc. with different styles, layouts, etc.

why not completely black?

I know. Maybe I die too often, but it’s still the beginning :)

I mean going through your own room, Hades, etc. until you get to slashing again

Maybe it is me but I find it tiresome that whenever you die you have to go through all those rooms to start again - is there a shortcut?

True, I have not specified it. Yes, I mean the desktop mode.