Thank you so much! I'll definitely be fixing the enemies/backgrounds issue for when the jam is over.
The main reasons I restricted the crafting locations were first for a bit more of a player challenge, and second because it made it easier for me to keep the journal updated. Since some quests involve crafting a certain item, I had to add events to check player inventory for these items. Actually, as I'm typing this, your mention of crafting an item to craft anywhere just gave me an idea for how to work around this. Haha I'll play around with it and see how it goes.