Thank you so much for taking the time to play it and all the kind words!
I agree that it has a slow start and I also struggled with this while writing, but at the same time I'm not sure what I could have cut to make it go faster. I was also worried that I might rush to the first fight too fast if I didn't have those earlier chapters, but in hindsight that might have been due to me feeling a little insecure about it. For the future I will definitely see if I can pick things up faster.
You have a point about the naming feature. I wasn't sure if the main character's identity mattered that much beyond their history as a husk and could therefore work with any name or gender, so making this changeable and ambiguous made sense to me. I guess it's still a point of improvement, though, because it shows that I could have given more commitment to fleshing out their identity rather than leaving it open. I will definitely keep this in mind depending on what I do next!
And thanks for the compliment with regard to the combat scenes as well. I actually have to admit that the black scenes were there because I was on a major time crunch and could not finish all the art in time. I'm glad it still worked out for you!