Thank you so much for the detailed and helpful feedback! You're absolutely right.
A proper pause menu, with keybinds and settings, makes much more sense. It was present in my development version, but I removed it for this version as it wasn't fully functional yet. It will return.
And great observation about the font/interface. The pixel art style was placeholder. I'll align it with the rest of the UI for better readability.
I'm very happy that you liked the main concept. Your feedback helps drive development.
Thanks again for playing! 💜