Thanks everyone for giving honest feedback! i've done a once-over of the combat, reworking a couple of the fights (one early, one a bit later into the demo) with stat rebalancing and better, clearer defeat screen hints, and balancing a couple of items.

I also fixed a few instances of leftover jank and missing sounds.

I'm now very happy with the demo and after a short rest will get back to developing the full game. I will hold a poll for what I should develop next as I get the game ready for a Steam release.