Hey, thank you so much for taking the time to leave a detailed review!
I really appreciate you taking the time to make so far into the game. You've made some really good observations that I will be implementing into the next few and likely final updates for the game.
- For the tutorial, I definitely forgot to mention in the tutorial that the 3rd enemy (aka the Boss) also drops an item, but they only drop one and it's always the same for each boss.
- The "path is unchanged" text is a leftover from a previous idea I had (I was originally going for a more poetic atmosphere, but that idea was mostly scrapped for time saving purposes). Rewriting all of the text for the game is one of my main priorities for the next update.
- That's definitely a bug. I can't let the player beat the game that easily haha
- I know exactly which enemy you're referring to because he one-shots me often too and I almost changed it, but I decided to keep him that way to force players to level up their resilience and fortitude (because almost no one does). Also, the reason why this happens in the first place is because I gave that particular enemy casts a spell that allows it to occasionally bypass shields and deal 50% of it's usual damage as direct damage. And this enemy happens to deal 16 damage whereas the player's base health is 8.
- I'm planning to include an in-game spellbook that will allow the player to see all of their unlocked spells and their casting requirements.
- I'm glad that you had fun with the spells and buffs! I wanted them to feel significant but not game breaking. Especially since the enemies also have access to many of them as well.
I'm really pleased to see that you enjoyed the game and I hope you'll come back to check out the final product.
Good luck to you as well!