what
I mean, sure, we are not his mom, but there is such a thing as harm done by help (as we can already see by that circle, like, seriously, at least downscale it from a bigger texture), and when helping somebody, you need to be aware of the bigger picture and if the question asked is even the one you need to answer. And instead of nudging the guy into restructuring his code properly, you’ve shown him the spaghetti way that will, over time, make his game harder to continue and maintain, which in turn, may lead to him either not meeting his deadlines or in the worst case, abandoning it. And sure, any game turns into spaghetti eventually, but not being able to put a circle in-between your UI and your game? This smells like a fundamental problem that needs fixing ASAP, before more piles on.
(if you want to reply tell me how wrong I am, maybe better to move to ✔ ☕ General Conversation Thread since this is getting way too offtopic)