wow thank you for the amazing feedback Tigran! I'm incredibly happy to hear so much positivity, even from the game in its super early state!
I think your experience with the big rock is a really good sign that the layout of the cave will serve the main goal I have for it. that is, nurturing a desire to explore and the satisfaction of finding something interesting. as for handcrafted things, I do want to have a handful of NPCs that randomly show up and have dialogue that progresses with each chat. but currently, that's second-fiddle to the main objective... which I haven't even decided on yet, hahaha.
anyways, thanks again for the kind words and feedback!! it was a wonderful surprise :)