That was an interesting take on the theme well done :)
I liked the atmosphere ( music and SFX )and the art.
I think it would be better if the text was a bit less big, it takes like half the screen each time, also, it I did something from playing a lot of Pokemon games lol, when there's a dialogue appearing, I tend to press again on the dialogue button hoping to make it appear faster, but in your case it was often just relaunching the dialogue at the end of it.
I struggled a bit to find monsters to beat with the armor and sword, aside of " vermines" all the one eye monster instant kill me.
Could be a nice game if you push it further :)