Looks fairly good except for the text like you said. I'm curious as to why there are cross hairs. I like dungeon crawlers and the world needs more 2D ones. Good luck to ya.
Thanks for the positive feedback :-)
I know text is quick an nasty :-o
There is a xhair because you move with WASD and aim/attack with mouse.
Also you can look around with the mouse to move the view (limited).
I'm not really happy with that xhair but haven't had much luck making it look any better...
I'm so indecisive about where I should go with it (so many possibilities!!) so for now I keep coding stuff that I can use which ever way it goes.
My first game programming experience anyway so its all a great learning experience.
I really love games like Metroid and Shadow Complex (download frmo from xbox live!!!), but I want to give a bit more of an RPG element.
I've been thinking about a quasi-leveling system where you gain XP as you go along that you can spend any time (sort of like God of War) to level up all the different abilities instead of having to wait until you achieve the next level to spend points.
I suppose game design not really the topic for these forums but I still welcome any feedback in that area :-)