Thanks for the feedback! That bug should be fixed now. It was a UI/data desync. Also, I agree with all of those points. Ideally, the progression to the fun cyclic cantrip casting is a smooth one. I also made a minor fix with the starting cantrip to be a tad less random.
i think i beat the game now, but i must have missed the message for that. might be nice to get some lore message for that as a reward, that you have to click away so you cannot miss it.
the lvl 10 forge does make it trivial though, so i guess at that point one has already won. i assume the zero cost for forging with the lvl 10 forge was intended, maybe a bug idk.