thank you so much for playing, and for the compliments on the art! i spent a lot of time drawing everything :)
and i didnt want to remove the items from the inventory, just disable and make them transparent, but i think this is a good example where signals to the player need to be exaggerated because people notice and interpret things in such different ways. im glad you enjoyed your time! i was pretty worried that i made a game that would be appreciated only for the effort i put in 😅