even outside of the jam this was made for, this is truly incredible

the art, the atmosphere, the color palette, the sound, everything serves exactly what it needs to

i appreciate the encounters being completely optional if you're patient enough to out manoeuver them, but i still got myself into a few battles just to see new monster art

i wish you did something custom with the ui as well, to tie it all together, even just changing the font and colors to keep the monochrome theme would do a lot

seeing one person do all this is impressive, good job !