Zelda 2 Shadow of Night 2.5e Mod discussion

[NotMeGaming 1]

So I started on this mod of Zelda 2 that looked very promising initially.  increased overall difficulty (of course),custom Dash Spell, some nice humor littered about (npc asks for 100 golden skulltulas, then says j/k), starting area feels almost perfect. backtracking into first temple is a nice touch.

all that being said, I have hit a brick wall.  Although the starting area feels near perfect and original(ish) the farther Ive gotten into the game, the more and more filler has become the main theme.  now Im missing a key and cannot proceed  (keys CAN be found in overworld but its HUGE compared to original.)  Curious if anyone else has tried this out.  

my attempt at it

 

Edited July 12, 2017 by NotMeGaming