Thanks for trying it out!
When you mean to craft more than one thing, do you mean at a time? Or the list of things that you're able to craft?
Hmm Adding different difficulties that can be toggled is something that could work pretty well in this game. There is actually a way to continue onwards after death (in fact, dying unlocks the other half of the game!) which you can find in Dormedon, but it does sound like a good idea to have some "continue," even before then.
Similarly to the above, there are maps in the game, but I should probably make them available much sooner.
Thank you again! =)