Quote Originally Posted by *~Angel Wing~*
Wow that sounds AWESOME!!! :grinpink: I would LOVE to help!!! Final Fantasy VIII is my ALL-TIME FAVORITE GAME IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE UNIVERSE!!! *cough* Um...yeah anyway...An idea going along with the Garden theme...you know those signs saying like "Parking Lot" or "Cafeteria" around Garden? Well you could have the same sort of thing for the Windows Start menu. I'll think of some more stuff. OMG THIS IS SOOO COOL!!! :grinpink:
Exactly...the signs around Balamb as well as the computer that Squall uses in the classroom will be the basis for the overall design.

I'm thinking about making this theme to have several "levels" or "tiers" to it. One level would be to keep the Windows start menu as Angel Wing has suggested, and skinning it to fit the rest of the theme.

A higher, less user-friendly level won't even have the Windows taskbar or start menu (there would undoubtedly still be access to the Start menu...there just wouldn't be a big "Start" button in the bottom corner). Think back to Squall's terminal in Quistis' classroom...it didn't have a Start menu, now did it? But I think I could work it into the theme without losing the Garden-ness of it. I'm going to post some concept "sketches" pretty soon of what the theme would look like.