Thanks for your comment and for sharing your thoughts! You have a very valid point on having the Shift key for dashing, as I think that works better indeed (and is the standard), but I didn’t get to it in time. Will definitely add that in an update.
You hit the nail on the head with your guess where I spent most of my time :) and I agree that the world is quite big for being that empty. I was planning on adding some story beats in between, but as others have mentioned as well, some other enemies might be a better idea and fit for the game. I will give it some thought.