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Not necessarily a question of deep thought, but more of to ask opinions of what people think about my GUI system.

Currently I have an abstract class "Control" which is used for GUI elements (Labels, Buttons), which requires the necessary methods for input events and drawing and such.

Then I have a GuiManager, which basically contains a list of Controls and methods for updating, adding, and removing Controls. One thing is that if a control has a lifetime specified and has expired, it is removed

GuiManager is a global singleton, so basically any object can add and remove screen elements, which I plan on using to display information (Character stats, NPC names, Item information, damage dealt and done), but I've always been worried of singletons.

I am just wondering if I am on the right track to making a GUI system, and wondering if anyone has any input on this.

Thank you!

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The StackExchange sites aren't really about collecting opinions if you are interested in having a discussion about your architecture, you are more than welcome to do it in chat, but per the FAQ (and Meta) we'd like to keep the main site geared towards having specific answerable questions. – Noctrine♦ Jan 3 '12 at 19:08

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