"The rogue AI has been defeated and the city is now safe."
The first time against the boss I activated the Soul item (among other ones) then realised that it had killed me so the second time I didn't and won. I got confused at first by the lack of item to pick on some item spots indicated on the map, not that's it's either a good or bad thing, just a loose note ;).
I'm glad you suggested to try to figure out the hps of the enemies to kill them before they play (or play twice), I wouldn't have thought about it and I enjoyed doing just that.
The game is well rounded, everything fits together. It's fun to play, trying to remember what the items do and use only the worthy ones in the middle of the action because activating all of those anytime is bad, the combat system is fun, the difficulty is appropriate for a jam and the game ends with a satisfying boss fight.
Thanks for sharing!