The kind of dithering overlay over the world is really cool looking and the art is fantastic. The only issue I ran into was accidentally ending my run using the Exit button in the pause menu (I thought that it would exit the menu) and one time I didn't get to the adventurers camp before I got into a fight and immediately died in 1 hit haha
The progression is really fun as well, seeing all the stat increases is rewarding. I did lose the archer but I was able to find my way back to the bonfire and hire a new companion.
I played for quite a while, the farthest I got was dying to the the minotaur. I was wrecking everything else though.
Interesting entry! Well done!