Yeah, I plan on adding an in-game bestiary and item index. Right now, the items pretty much do nothing. Soon you'll be able to buy and sell items as well.
Oh, and you defeated a Boulderbeast.
Crap! I forgot to add the healing area and healing items. Sorry everyone, will be in next version.
It does work. >_> An alpha build is like a pre-game, as in something that doesn't work. Right now, you can download the game and actually play it. That's beta.