Hi Caroline,
great to hear that you enjoyed the demo and thank you so much for your feedback! Let me adress the points you mentioned:
- You should be able to hit Esc while the game is running and adjust all settings from the ingame menu.
- The garden energy is the idle part of the gameplay. Ideally, you'll never need to actually wait and I want to balance the game so you can't get a ton of stuff when just stepping away for 5 minutes or so (that's why the flowers are much more powerful). It's a fine line to walk for sure and I hope to get this part of the game to feeling just right.
- There is quite a lot more content to come :) Personally, I don't like grinding and I want to have as little grind as possible in my game. Instead, there will always be something new and yes, that means new things come in quickly. Aiming for a total playtime of 3h for the full version and I want to provide a smooth flow through the entire experience with interesting mechanics and things around every corner.
Cheers, Erik