I had a lot of fun with this one, between the Earthbound vibes and all the programming jokes.  Having the character's sprite merge with defeated enemies was a really good use of the theme.

I agree with other comments that using items out of combat would have made the game much better.  In particular using the soda item outside combat would have made much more sense.

My other main complaint was the battle UI.  Having the health bar between the attack/items buttons and the list of enemies leads to a lot of unnecessary mouse moving.  This is compounded by how small the buttons are, which seems odd given all the empty space below them.

Overall I really liked it and I'm excited to see what else you do in future jams!

I loved the battle animations, especially the background was really cool and earthboundy! I wish the hit noise volumes were normalized a bit, some of the sounds were too loud. The music was very good, and I liked that the battle and over-world songs shared a common theme. Looking forward to seeing more from you!

I really enjoyed the humour in this game and I found the concept quite unique! The music was matching and the sprites were amazing! Love what you did with the theme for this game!  

I think it would have been nice to be able to use the Permament Upgrade items outside of combat too.

Very nice! Impressive assets created in the short time period: music, background, enemies.

Little bug: sometimes the character seems to bump into something when walking in a straight line (even though nothing is there) and I have to take a step to the side.