Unfortunately, I don't think there is a way to message a person directly on Itch. If you want, you can email me at: shadow.emery9@gmail.com.
Yeah, a big map size was one of my biggest goals with this game, along with lots of optional side quests.
Yeah, I definitely got way too carried away with the amount of keys I made in this game. That's another thing I'm going to fix in the sequel.