That was very fun and extremely polished!
My only issue with the game is the lack of instructions. From the start all you know is that you have to kill 7 counts, but it isn’t immediately clear what that means. I went around the whole map and got all the counts but didn’t win because draining them wasn’t enough. The game doesn’t exactly give you feedback on this.
I also had no idea what ‘flee’ meant in the first map. Flee sounds like something you do when you’re about to lose, so I avoided fleeing until I was down to 1 heart. I basically ended up farming villagers at the farmlands for a while building up currency, waiting for something to happen. Maybe flee meaning ‘exit to world map’ is obvious to some, but it had me stun locked in the first area lol
Maybe I was being dumb but some basic instructions in the itch page would be a good idea.
The music and graphics were very well made, I especially liked the little walking animations of the characters. Overall very good style and production quality