i started creating the gamemanager idea and also the ui, started off with a basic main menu, options light up; added a debug mode which right now displays the name of the key you press, which would be handy for the 3ds

ui.lua

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+
+ui = {
+	twidth = 0,
+	theight = 0,
+	bwidth = 0,
+	bheight = 0
+}
+
+menu = {
+	main = {
+		items = {
+			"select games",
+			"settings",
+			"about",
+			"exit"
+		}
+	},
+	prop = {
+		x = 100,
+		x2 = 200,
+		bars = 50,
+		offset = 20,
+		xoff = 5,
+		cursel = 1,
+		curitems = 0
+	}
+}
+
+function ui:load()
+	love.graphics.setScreen("top")
+	ui.twidth = love.graphics.getWidth()
+	ui.theight = love.graphics.getHeight()
+	love.graphics.setScreen("bottom")
+	ui.bwidth = love.graphics.getWidth()
+	ui.bheight = love.graphics.getHeight()
+end
+
+
+function ui:draw()
+	menu.prop.curitems = table.getn(menu.main.items)
+	--sqr = 
+	for i in ipairs(menu.main.items) do
+		temp = ((ui.theight - menu.prop.bars)/(menu.prop.curitems)) * i
+		--love.graphics.rectangle("fill", menu.prop.xoff, menu.prop.bars , ui.twidth, menu.prop.bars)
+		local x, y = love.mouse.getPosition() 
+		if i == menu.prop.cursel then
+			love.graphics.setColor(255, 0, 0)
+		end
+		love.graphics.printf(menu.main.items[i], menu.prop.x, temp , menu.prop.x2, "center")
+		love.graphics.setColor(255,255,255)
+	end
+end
+
+function ui:update(dt)
+	if menu.prop.cursel < 1 then
+		menu.prop.cursel = menu.prop.curitems
+	elseif menu.prop.cursel > menu.prop.curitems then
+		menu.prop.cursel = 1
+	end
+end
+
+function ui:keypressed(key)
+	if key == "up" then
+		menu.prop.cursel = menu.prop.cursel - 1
+	end
+	if key == "down" then
+		menu.prop.cursel = menu.prop.cursel + 1
+
+	end
+	if key == "left" then
+
+	end
+	if key == "right" then
+
+	end
+	if key == "cpadup" then
+		menu.prop.cursel = menu.prop.cursel - 1
+	end
+	if key == "cpaddown" then
+		menu.prop.cursel = menu.prop.cursel + 1
+
+	end
+	if key == "cpadleft" then
+
+	end
+	if key == "cpadright" then
+
+	end
+end
+
+function ui:keyreleased(key)
+
+end
+
+function ui:mousepressed(x, y)
+
+end