Thank you so much for the very in-depth feedback! This is the longest, most detailed comment I think I've seen on itch.io all week so wow, really appreciate it!
About the dialogue, the way it works in that first scene is that it has a set typing speed but certain characters were slowed down for dramatic effect. If you hold any key after the dialogue starts, it does speed through it though, not just shift. I think you're right though that this could be confusing and it definitely would've helped to have something tell you that you can fast forward. Also, thank you for pushing through and playing the game regardless! It's easy to skip past a game jam game cause everyone's investment is so low so I appreciate that!
I totally agree about the art. I have been coding for 10 years and 5 years professionally, I have played music my whole life, I have designed many games (non-video games) over years, and have played hundreds of games. I have never been a visual artist whatsoever so this is definitely a whole new field for me that I'm currently not great at. Honestly, I've improved a lot in the last few months but yeah, I can't disagree with you haha. Planning on taking a drawing class next month but ideally, probably would be good to work with another artist in the future.
Thanks for playing and the feedback, I really truly appreciate it immensely!