Well after seeing your changelog I'm really eager to see the rats and infestation stuff it look cool. And also I find that you loose your weapon pretty fast so maybe buff there durability or add some better weapons that you can only find in houses or cars rarely. I played only an hour so I dont know if you've already done that and I didn't seen it. But yeah even in that stat its a really good game !
Uhhh, I like your suggestions. Let me share a concept I created in the past. It shows how to repair the durability of weapons and also how a prestine version of the axe will look like (I was drawing it already, also have a wrench, baseball bat etc) - finding them in rare places sounds like a great idea to me. So players can craft improvised weapons from basic items they find or they are lucky and loot the really cool stuff.
