Thank you so much for playing the demo and your feedback!
To address what you said, yes the player's gender isn't too deeply important. It is a girl but it can also be whatever you want it be in some way :)
I've been trying to fix that bug, I adjusted the moving speed recently and it's been weird moving diagonal ever since. I'll definitely try to get it fixed. It's the mathematically correct speed for diagonal movement but it just doesn't feel right.
There is no combat in the game and if I may ask, at what point was it less interesting? Perhaps I can still adjust it in some way!
Thank you so much!