I just beat the game. I feel like game lacks a lot of new skills to play around with or make combat fresher. I do like the amount of maps but with no objective it's hard to stick to the gameplay loop of exploring empty maps and opening every treasure chest you see. Not that this is a complaint but I found I had so many items I never used. I found progression somewhat confusing because sometimes you just have to interact with random stuff. Wasn't really sure what happened in the ending. I assume this being killed all the humans on the maps, which is why they're so baron but it's never set up or established. I wish there was a little bit of foreshadowing to the ending. I thought it sucked that our character is forever trapped in the forest and enclosed by trees. So I reloaded a save and tried to say "no", but the text crawl is so slow. It took almost 3 minutes to get through it. I thought it'd give me a boss fight but instead it just gave me a game over. Was kind of upset that our only ending is a bad one.
But don't get discouraged. Honestly it's a fun little game, and while it is somewhat simple it is a step in the right direction. Every game you make is another experience to improve and it's a lot better than my first game. I liked the jokes sprinkled through the game. I recommend you make some of the maps smaller, give them borders to make where the player can go more direct, add some more skills, make progression a little more clear to the player and add a little more of your story to the game prior to the ending. I know these might sound easier said than done but you're on the right path. Keep up the good work.