This is a neat little experience. The main objective is pretty trivial, what I found to be really enjoyable was putting all the matching items in rows and them trying to combine them all for extra score during the little timing window. I personally don't like that there's a bunch of instructions on the same screen as the game itself, but other than that I think its cool for what it is, and you definitely achieved your goal of creating a solid inventory system! I scored 264 points btw!
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Thanks for playing my game. Yes that sorting to maximize score is intended as the "right way" to get max points. I think that is about as high as you can get without some real good RNG! Well done. I also dont like the text "in game", but play tests shows that people need it. Maybe a help menu thing would be better. My next jam I aim to include a tutorial level instedd!