Whoa. This was incredible! Do I really have to wait 6-8 weeks for the registration code or can you just DM me? All of this without even having a math coprocessor! Impressive! I literally had to google whether or not a coprocessor was an option for the 286 - I thought it was 386 onwards but no, 286 had the option. Awesome.
I'm not sure what to say other than to send praise. The writing was short and punchy, the levels were well-made, the town was full and interesting, it stopped about 10% after I was ready to stop playing and that's great, honestly I don't know what else to say so I'll just describe my play style and strategy.
I never enchanted armor. Having to swap weapons and armor seemed like too much of a hassle. Picking the right weapon and learning which ones do what was great but eventually it got a little bit tedious since I didn't have much strategy late game, it was mostly "dig through inventory to find the weapon that will be the best now" a bunch of times. It was still fun but I would prefer a bit more strategy and a bit less obligation to mess with the inventory every fight.
Every time the store got more weapons or I acquired a new weapon or trained a bunch it was very satisfying. The feedback loop just did the dopamine thing for me as intended. The biomes were great and burning away obstacles was fun. I want more of that for sure.
This is one of my all-time favorite DCJam games. Well done.