Thank you, both for your kind words and your feedback! I am glad you liked the demo and the direction this is going in.
As I'm currently implementing the full version, I am committed to implement a new font, since it this has probably been the #1 request from several different players. I've indeed also been thinking about implementing a more Zelda-like movement system (8-directional, as opposed to the current Pokemon-like 4-directional one). They're on the backlog!