For day 914 of coding, I made a pointing cursor for the pause screen. I'll need to make it bigger, and animate it as well

For day 922 of coding, I gave the options a textbox that can adjust itself based on the longest text and by how many choices there are

For day 919 of coding, I changed the amount of time the selection effect plays before continuing. I've had the cursor stop instead of resetting its position

For day 921 of coding, I have changed the design of the box some to be more visible and look more pleasing

For day 920 of coding, I made a textbox and applied it using GMS2's "nine-slice" feature. I looks kind of weird to me, so I may change the side borders later

For day 917 of coding, I have also fixed the trees at the bottom now so the player won't go out of bounds now

For day 912 of coding, you can now cycle between both options in the pause menu

For day 916 of coding, I've found that the player can fit between the trees. I've successfully blocked off the areas at the top, but I will need to do the same with the bottom half while looking natural

For day 913 of coding, the pause selections can now be activated. I've also changed the selection color to aqua for visibility

For day 911 of coding, I have put in code to make the current selection a different color. I still need to code in a way to interact with the menu