Aw thanks! It's fun to see people enjoying the sub stuff.
Theoretically that looping shouldn't be an issue. I think it may give you fresh items, and if not the "fight" should be fairly easy on purpose. But if you're genuinely getting stuck looping more than 2 or 3 times let me know; I'll have to take a look at that eventually.
The no-escape-from-battle is actually a balance issue: it wasn't there to begin with, but was added early on due to feedback that a. the fights were too easy and b. it was too easy to skip past everything. I think it also comes down to limited mobs in this one: in a larger game you can have an escape chance, but the player will still be forced to fight eventually. But with this one if you skim over a third or a fourth of the enemies that's a big chunk of the game. That said, you DO move faster than the boars, and if you're quick you can avoid a number of battles just by ducking and weaving successfully.