There's certainly a world I want to explore here, but I wasn't quite sure how to proceed through it. I did fight a few snakes, and I think I won. I was expecting to get the spoils of my battle or for something else to happen from winning the battle, but I just kind of stayed where I went.
It would be better if it were more clear what happens when you win battles and how that opens up the next thing to do in the game.