Just beat the demo boss! You've got the bones of a good battle system going here. As you work on it in the future, sound would be a welcome addition, and some sort of map, landmarks or variety in the tileset wouldn't go amiss. The pack and menu buttons also don't appear to work. In the inventory, I would have some sort of text telling the player what the items they've picked up do; I didn't realize the book gave me a spell until I checked the special abilities later. But all in all, for a couple days, this was a good effort!
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Thanks! I did intend on having text tell you what each item did (which is why there's a random box underneath the item menu) but I ran out of time to implement it. However I will look into the menu button not working because it should be working outside of battle. As for other features I'll definitely look into it (especially sound), but I'm glad you generally thought well of it :)