Thanks for playing and thanks for the feedback.
Inventory issue was caused by my lack of experience with Godot and how it determines what resources should be included.
Explicitly load a specific file? yep, we'll include that.
Load all resources in a particular folder? Nope not in...
I actually had it resolved within a few minutes of the submission deadline.
If you don't mind taking the time sharing... which interactions caused a lag spike for you?
I'm going to focus on playing/rating the other submissions for now, but I do intend to continue working on this. Adding combat, a dozen more types of interactives (levers, buttons, pressure plates, etc.) and sound...