One issue I am running into while playing is walking around and when you hit certain tiles a text box pops up for an event and this causes the first text box to be skipped if we accidentally press a directional button or any other key. Is there a way to view a text back-log or add an option to the game to prevent the directional keys from advancing text?

Yes I made a similar mistake of an accidental button press whilst reading and skipped some text. I would love a text log to catch up on missed out text and for recapping.

I absolutely agree with both you. Unfortunately, the original release did not contain a backlog, and I'm not entirely sure if we could add one.