I had to quit playing because I need to rate more games. I did not want to quit playing. You win. The whole thing, you won it. This is genuinely fun and polished and good.
In all seriousness I struggle to give you useful feedback. You clearly know what you're doing and all my complaints are probably just consequences of a lack of time. Having hotkeys for the four battle options would have made the repetitious combat flow even more smoothly. It was not clear why I could sometimes recruit more people - whether I had somehow lost someone or the town naturally grew or what.
I'm bookmarking your Itch profile so I can enjoy some of your other work when I have time. Thank you for making this and congratulations.