Hi Glim!
Thank your for playing our game on your stream! It was great to see how you played. We have lots of notes, and have continued to discuss it.
Our current plan for Hungry is to split it out into 2 games. The original idea has grown to be a bit more grand with the full story and all the pieces we want to add to tell it well. We have realized that it will take a while to finish, so we are planning to experiment with adding some roguelite elements. It will still have story, and be set during the same overall events, but you will be starting at the final town of the demo and can pick your party. Instead of being the heroes to take down the true big bad, you will be taking on various commanders of the invasion forces, possibly as part of an adventurer's guild. You'll start with 1 character and have to unlock more, plus a larger party size. Initially you will start with the same Nense Slimes of the main game, but will be able to unlock humans and other non-Slimes. There will be the usual upgrade shop where you can unlock a variety of permanent buffs and extra starting equipment. We think this should fit in well with the repetitive nature of the current systems. It will let us focus on that core combat gameplay loop. Then we can move onto the additional systems we need to liven up the non-combat story elements in the ways we want to. We've been working on the game for over year, and now figure it may be another year before the full story is ready. We should be able to finish the roguelite sooner. At least that is our current thinking. It also feels like it would have a wider audience.
We have a lot of time and effort into this game, so it is going to remain our core project, but with how much remains to be done, we are also working on another so we can get a finished game out. There probably won't be an update for Hungry for several weeks, as our other game, Eldwyn's Dungeon Academy, is part of the October Next Fest, and we will be spending most of this month focused on it. We are hoping to release it by the end of November, so Hungry may not see much love until after that.
Thanks again! Your feedback has been very valuable!