This game is sooo much fun and it's what made me finally make itchio and discord accounts lol! The prologue was fantastic and I CRAVE more hahahHAha....aaaaaah I'm okay.
Anyway, I'm sending feedback to the discord but in the meantime my one thought is that the loading visual of the dark lord could totally include a 'darker' background to help the figure blend into the darkness. Currently, the visual of the DL against the grey background makes the DL visual feel kinda 'flat' but if you had a black gradient from the corners of the screen that transitions to 0% opacity towards the middle or face of the DL, then you have a nice contrast that gives a kind of depth to the loading screen, still has the grey behind the DL, and blends the DL with the darkness around them in a way that compliments the dark astheatic of the game and game style.