There will be different difficulty modes, but the game isn't balanced yet, either.

Some types of ice do melt properly. There are currently some poison cloud effects that stick around too long, as well.

For your characters, there is still work to be done with indicating line of sight and area effect on attacks and skills/spells. For opponents, there are still improvements to made with the AI.

The Enter key will end the current character's turn.

There should be an option added to toggle quest markers off on the map.