As we head into December, I'm starting to feel really good about the progress I've made in my game. Worked on it pretty heavily the last few days. I fleshed out much more of the first areas so there's a lot more to interact with now. Added a few NPCs to the town and the ability to restore the town to its proper state (rather than being abandoned and run-down). Also started implementing a battle system that I'm really liking thanks to VisuStella's Battle Core.
In the upcoming week, I'll be working on tuning up the battle system and adding a dungeon area and more enemies to the game. I'm hoping to have an update for the demo ready before the end of the week because there really isn't a whole lot to do in the one I have up now, it's pretty shameful.