thanks for playing! development is actually progressing, i have added health for the enemies and player, different damage output for the weapons, knockback, invincibility frames, an option menu and some other stuff, but my second demo isn't quite ready yet. i still have to differentiate properly how the weapons work, add a ranged attack for at least some of the enemies etc.
i'm indeed working on improving the "gamefeel" and i already have a bunch of sound effects to try out lol
you are the first one to mention the lighting issue, which is something i might experiment on. i was tempted to leave it all shadowed on purpose, but i admit that in many spots it kinda looks TOO dark
(lastly, if you are actually nostalgic for hawken, we play it online every week on the hawakening discord.)