The in-game help does not say you can scroll out, which is a quite important mechanic to find the gold.
idk if that is intended, but i think the gold counter in the top left does not reset back to zero. when you restart it shows zero, but when getting your first gold it gets back to the value at the last death. the expected gold then shows something different.
i found the grind a bit too long. my brain needs a bit faster progression. at least a slight improvement of the cantrip after the first run or something like that. but maybe that is just me, idk. the randomness of it is a bit frustrating
oh also i did not see how to actually select the forge at first.
i do like the lore of being a golem made by an alchemist to find gold though.