Great looking video.  You've really made a lot of progress.  Controls look interesting and fun, like throwing things onto the landscape and equipping the player.  Have you thought about making it modable?  Maybe a little early for that kind of thinking.  I'd really just like to see it get completed.  I've hardly ever seen friends, etc, finish an rpg.  They're just such a large project.  I still may try one some day, but looking at this, I can really see how much work goes into one.

I don't know if it would slow it or whatever, but if the trees were scaled randomly, that would help with diversity also.

Maps would be a good idea, but logic puzzles have to be thought out individually.  If you don't have any work in the shooter part, I suppose it wouldn't be much trouble to change though.  A logic puzzle is just done in reverse.  You make a clear solution and then put obstacles in the way.  There will always be games like the game you are doing.  You just have to do something that sets it apart a little bit.

Good luck on that.  Looks like you have a ways to go to make the pledge amount. 

Nice GUI.  I'm replaying Betrayal at Krondor, which I really love.  They kept it simple by not letting the player carry too many items.  I feel the same about GUI.  I don't like working on it, but it is really important to the game.   An overly complex GUI makes the game drag. 

Character looks pretty good.  You might could change the texture a little to get different looks.  Different hair color, clothes, etc.

I guess I'll wait to see how you work that out then.  Personally, I think actually having treasure in the chest would limit the game a little.  If it was basically empty, you could either put things in there, or show a 2d table showing what was in it when it opened.  Then again, if you make the game too complicated, it's a lot harder to finish.