This is quite an impressive game. I can't say i'm too familiar with the Australian culture and the slang but it seems quite genuine. It's crazy how each NPC has a different dialogue tree and you can speak to them like in a RPG game. There's a constant chatter going on shown with floating texts. Game really has a very lively atmosphere and excellent sense of humour.
Sometimes it's hard to move around bcs there are too many NPC's/enemies and the spaces are too narrow. Things can get hectic very quickly. Sometimes multiple enemies start to hit, i can't tell who is who, i can't find my character in the chaos. You wrote that there's a 10 slot inventory in the game. I tried all the keys on the keyboard and none of them opened an inventory and you can pick up items from the ground. I just couldn't figure out how inventory works in this game.
Also game gives you a hint that you can restore your health on a bar but it's pure luck to find one. I got killed until i find it. I think i managed to reach the Beer Garden's door 3 times but always got killed by the bouncer. I probably tried to beat the game like 10 times to no avail :) Way too hard for me
Switching between ASCII graphics and sprites is a crazy feature to add in a jam game and it's very cool. I love your cover art btw whoever made it did a great job. It's pure 80's DOS game nostalgia.
I think it's one of the wackiest, funniest and most ambitious games of this year's jam!