Cool game, reminds me of the good old RPGmaker horror games. I'm not sure when I'll have time to finish it so I'll write something now (currently in the second part)

Why does the rake insta-kill you? It's not a big deal, sure, but it feels kind of annoying to make the player reload. I've played RPGmaker games with tons of insta-kills (Misao) but in that game it was established pretty early on that everything is dangerous and that you should be careful. Here, this is the only thing that kills you (as far as I can tell) and it doesn't even look that dangerous. You might condition the players to avoid everything that looks suspicious after that. Or you can go the other way and make everything kill you. I saw some beartraps that only did a little damage when you stepped on them.

Sometimes I selected a dialogue option by accident and I wasn't even skipping the text. It's usually not a big deal but it seems like your choices actually matter here and it would be bad if it changed how the game progresses without the player knowing what he picked. I think there was an option in RPGmaker to not select any dialogue options by default and you have to move 1 down to pick the first one. Might be worth considering for this game.

The soundtrack is really good.

Not much I can say about the gameplay, typical RPGmaker stuff. I do like that there is actual combat and not just story.

Some of the art is a little rough around the edges to me but it lends itself well to the style of the game. The unique style and environment definitely pull you into the game, which is what RPG maker style games are about for me since IMO its hard to do much with the combat systems (renaming health/mana and the equipment system are novel and do big favors for the game's art direction but don't change the underyling formula). Not to say that's a bad thing, for this game I think keeping the combat aligned with regular RPG expectations is a good idea and pouring the rest of the focus into the world, characters, and narrative is the right approach. And this game definitely draws you in with its aesthetic, nice work!

There's some feelings about your thumbnail that really stands out to me. I love i t!

Chapter 1 features 4 acts, 2 alternate versions of act 3 and 3 alternating versions of act 4. Cheating room can be used to jump ahead but is messy. 

Bugreports, spelling errors, balancing tips or feature/item requests are greatly appreciated. 

Content wise Chapter 1 is more or less done, though I will still polish it a bit more and add some more additional extra stuff. A little thing here and there. 

If you are a maniac who get to the end of chapter one, take a few screenshots of the evaluation, show me that it works well. 

The filesize of the game will get a lot larger, a lot. It is pointless to complain about it.