Story is very nice and game play is nice and smooth. Was definitely enjoying the game until my save mysteriously disappeared after turning off my PC. Should probably put that up there on the priorities tab, or my computer may just be trolling me again. just a few things that I think will help spice it up a tad:
1) clicking, pressing next or whatever should completely clear the text box after anything happens. (so after it says "you've gained following stats," you should be able to wipe the text box clean) I also had a bug where every time I entered or exited an area the same lines of text from something numerous interactions ago was still popping up after other text had cleared away.
2) work on the tinkering a bit more. There's a lot of potential for this system like being able to combine the baseball bat with angel milk to make the anti-horny bat we all know and fear, and maybe add a reason to risk your life for meat tendrils besides pink horny meat woman. The weird fish is a nice touch tho, was not expecting that.
not trying to tell you how to make your game, just handing over some ideas from a player standpoint. (can't wait for more Gin game play!)