This is really great stuff and a lot of fun. It had a little bit of a learning curve at first with how the equipment affected things, but the tool tips explained things well enough to be able to figure it out.
I liked the fact that monsters would attack each other and that they received damage on spikes. Not so much that they could pick up gold because it made gold feel a little scarce.
That didn't make it too difficult because of the abundant chests and random encounter power ups. It did make the shop a little underwhelming because I rarely had enough gold to buy anything and it was a bit of a tease.
It reminded me slightly of another game that was a bit more challenging but had some similarities, Duntris...and you created that, too :)
I liked the difficulty level of this one...it felt more casual and didn't have to grind at all.
Beat the Pike!
Again, great stuff :)