While this game is meant to be difficult, I believe it would still benefit from a lot of quality-of-life improvements.
The game should probably be slightly brighter and visually distinct enough to tell what you're looking at.
The tutorial should repeat dialogue or there should be a log you can access with a button that logs all recently heard dialogue (would be good in general not just for the tutorial)
Crafting should maybe have a craft button instead of clicking the icon. It would be a bit less confusing.
The game is definitely ambitious, and I look forward to more from this developer.