Ah shit... I thought I fixed that bug a long time ago...
If you hop on discord I might be able to debug you, or you could use a cheat tool to give yourself the items. But well that only works if you're on pc version and not android for both solutions.
I am using a dreaded Chromebook and I found your game on another site. I will at least give you something. I played for 19 hrs and it was engaging, intelligent, self effacing. Too bad I have zero motivation to restart. I am too old to have any idea how to navigate discord to find you. I am grateful that you answered my cry for help.