Made the game in ultra hard mode by both using my own game engine, spending <12 hours and doing all from scratch- happy you liked the artstyle- I'm not that big of an artist so appreciate it!
If you quickly want to get to the BigInt ending interacting with the Clipper Errors & cashing out CatUwU points idle-y is the way to go.
Every pal influences the field in some way though!- but If I decide to continue work on the "nightmare codebase" that is 12hour rush & sleep deprivation- I could consider adding some upgrades & extra pals.
Thanks for playing though! :D