I've been trying to figure out the controls for a while but haven't been able to get my head around them yet. Even so, the combat seems interesting and fun to me.
* The way in-game attacks are named by letters is slightly confusing considering they are linked to similar letters.
* The combos described by "crosshead with a tail? on two of its sides + key" such as dancing or using a bird, are also confusing to me, I do not know if it is about pressing them one after the other or together.
* Some attacks like the grapple require simultaneous use of the heavy attack key and movement, which can be tricky to infer based on the images.
* The button used to interact with characters (B on the controller), seems to have no use in combat, however it is in a really accessible location and it penalizes pressing it enormously due to the long duration of the animation.
* The space key can't be mapped to jump for some reason.
The demo seems really neat, I congratulate you for your work.
I'm looking forward to see where this leads !