Thanks 1K! As for the open space, it’s a general principle of design to put stuff around the edges and not in the middle for mobile devices. It helps keep it from feeling cluttered. I think it has some psychological basis? And it’s nice to have one screen where you can look at your character, I think, so the home is a good place for it.
Also, personally, I thought the 1.2 update still looked nice even with how much was on the screen. But I guess the devs found it cluttered. So here I tried to strike a balance of adding all of the important stuff back while still keeping it a bit more minimal.