I really, really appreciate this!
Glad to hear using the keyboard works well, I still end up clicking most of the time through force of habit. (If the chickens are getting scarier they're doing it of their own accord.🐥🔪)
When I first started working on the game I had dreams of making a lot of synergy items so players could specialize each character if they wanted to. I wasn't able to add any of that during the jam, the shield and helmet combination was the easiest concept like that to test out. I'm glad it's a viable option at the very least.
I'd definitely prefer for it to be too easy than too difficult. You're also very good at games in general from what I've seen (I tried so many times to do even half as well in Dracs After Dusk...) so I'm not too worried about the difficulty just yet. :)
Again, thank you so much for the invaluable feedback! :D