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Super! Good luck for the Steam Game Festival.

You are welcome. I will check 8BitAdventures.

 Grinding is part of most of rpg games and it is also something that consumes quite a lot of time - but what for?
To produce playtime. It can be part of a fun to play with different concepts, equipment and styles, though. 

But for a storydriven rpg, your concept is really good and refreshing. 

In my projects I usually enjoy inventing new "consumables" and equipment and create new combinations, but this goes with a lot of complexity. If you like you can check my own project the sandbox RPG Strange Legacy https://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=35400, which is an add-on for Battle for Wesnoth. Don't worry - it's free and a spare time project. For developers I recommend to play as a betatester class, which allows you to quickly browse the possibilities, such as designing own equipment. 

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I really liked the story and it is a fine game that you crafted there. While graphics are little bit old school (which is ok), the music was well made and gave the game a good atmosphere.  The mechanics are interesting, as there is no grinding and self healing after battles. I liked that.