Hey, thanks for playing along. First of all, as much as I'd like to claim credit, no, the chibi characters aren't made by us, they're an asset we bought a long time ago.
The dagger is next to the house in a barrel. All the objects needed to progress in the game can be found hidden somewhere in the world. They have no RNG. But many of these objects can also be found on a second path with RNG. This may allow the player to get to other regions sooner.
I respect that you haven't made much progress as it's still hard to understand everything in the game and to be honest, if you don't have the dagger or axe at the beginning, you can't make that much progress as you can't collect materials to make health potions. I might want to include some hidden walls that the player can't cross if they haven't found the basic items in the starting area.
Most of you have pointed out that the UI is a bit overwhelming and I'm working on better gameflow, like quickswap and user interfaces that are easier to understand.
Thanks for your feedback, I really appreciate it.