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The loading screen takes far too long - I did, however, finally get it to run on my end, but this is a problem that definitely needs to be ironed out in future versions if you're intending to continue with this project (I tried lowering all the settings to their lowest setting during the loading screen, not sure if it actually made a difference or not). Now without further ado, some additional notes!

- The music and general aesthetic is great! As another comment mentioned, however, the characters could do with facial expressions to make them a little more animated.
- The characters could use animations that give them a lot more character. They're all rather stiff at this point even during walking animations.
- The player character continues to slide after you've stopped pressing the directional keys. Assuming you're using acceleration-based movement (building momentum the longer the direction is pressed), this just means you need to cut all momentum the moment the player is no longer pressing a movement key.
- Rotating the camera (I found this out completely by accident) does not center around the player character, meaning the player is offset from the camera's position. In general, the camera can be slightly obstructive, preventing the player from seeing enemies in the overworld among other things. This is partly tied to not having the camera able to follow the player and rotation not centering around the player. My recommendation would be to either have the camera follow the player entirely or allow a free cam where the player can control its rotation and position within reason.
- I did notice the game became choppy at certain points, which could be related to the extremely long load time for the game as a whole (general loading screen times were not unreasonable). Some general optimization might help mitigate this.