Thank you so much for playing the game! I completely understand were you're coming from with the difficulty, initially we wanted difficulty to not be an issue as I personally just close a gamejam where I am dying/restarting over and over again (it just doesn't feel the right place for a hefty investment, if it was a steam game I would think otherwise). I am personally really happy you liked the art and music as that was my biggest focus in this game ^_^
And thank you for the feedback on having a sprite when reading notes! I for sure considered it but due to lack of time felt like I needed to focus on other stuff. (this was my first time making a full game in godot therefore I did not know how much time each idea is going to implement - from main programmer)