I should've read the instructions on how to drop items before playing this game... :D
Cool game! Managed to see the end credits and thoroughly enjoyed it! For my first character I decided to stack dex, as getting hit less sounds better than having more health to burn healthpots to. Was cutting it a bit close a few times until I freed the companion. I found some secrets, which certainly helped with those early fights. I specced the mage with int (because duh, mage), but I may have had some doubts when I found the multihit str weapon. But shortly thereafter I found the int version so it was all good. I liked the arm chopper puzzle, but obviously I had to bite an arm off twice before it worked :D final boss was intimidating but luckily we didn't have to fight it directly. At the end I had more than 10 greater healing and magic pots left.
Visually the game looks pretty great! Nice consistent theme, cool UI, and quite pretty. I'm not a fan of the audio style but that's not the game's fault. I know it fits, but it's just not for me. Story sprinkled throughout the game was interesting and also somewhat informative, which is always great.
Combat felt a bit slow and tedious, which is my only real complaint (if you can call it that). In the early game it wasn't that bad as you are still learning how things work and you don't want to get killed in a round accidentally, but by the lategame it was becoming a bit annoying having to keep stomping bugs while running around chasing the three spookybros.
Early game balance felt hard but fair, but lategame was a bit on the easy side. But in hindsight, it didn't feel like you had a lot of agency or tactical options during fights (except for maybe stepping back to not get flanked). The RPG building counters that, of course, but the three builds that I could see seem pretty similar in execution. I think that if there's one thing that could use a slight revision, it's the combat system. But since the game is pretty short, it wasn't distracting and it felt pretty good while playing.
Good stuff, excellent game! :D