You are too kind! So glad you're enjoying it so far, and this is some really great feedback. I was able to replicate the bug about the combat tutorial ignoring that you were on keyboard and deciding to tell you about Playstation controls, so I should have this fixed soon! I'm still looking into the other bugs, and will hopefully have fixes, as well as some critical fixes that block progress in The Mines and let you get to the boss and finish the game. Thanks for hanging in there and letting us get your fresh impressions of playing The Mines as they were intended!
Your idea for more of a burst sonar echo in every direction is so cool, I can't wait to try to prototype that! It's such a fitting ability for the Divining Rod. And I could not agree more, the world could use a lot more ambient sources of audio to bring it to life and help navigation by ear without relying on the Divining Rod so much. It just takes us a long time to find suitable, high-quality sources of audio that fit well into the game, but it's always worthwhile when we do.
Thank you!