Interesting game :)
The beggining reminded me of Vimlark's game with the Only text restriction (youtube video to devlog). I thought it would keek in the same spirit, but it ended up being a platformer :)
The characters were nice, especially the people in town. You can feel their personality! Maybe when you expand the game (as you hinted on the end screen) you could find a way to make Ascii show some more personality also.
Great job, congratulations!