Damn, I might have let the difficulty a bit too high indeed, especially with the initial weapon, sorry for that... You might have already done that, but just in case, you can chose the boss you fight in the world map, so don't hesitate to try the other bosses maybe, one of them might suit you more and feelsimpler to fight so that you can build your first real weapons and go gurther in the game..
And the first shield is really bad, it only prevents 20% of damages so dodging attacks should definitely be a prefered solution. Sadly we didn't have time to implement the music in menu and in cutscenes, but we might add them to the next update in 2 weeks! Thank you for the feedback, and again sorry for the pretty rough balancing..