Thanks so much for trying out the game!
The consume right now is a placeholder (should've probably explained that better), but the plans are to give you the creature's power and buff up the player.
As to do with the large balls, that's to do with how they attack, won't reveal much more than that but thanks for sharing your thoughts :D!
We'll be giving updates to this demo relatively soon and plan to make updates here if you're interested in following along: https://bsky.app/profile/oddbottlegames.bsky.social