Thank you so much for the detailed feedback and for giving the build another try! Glad to hear the delay issue is much better now.
A few notes on your points:
- Negative income bug: Thanks for reporting this, we'll look into this
- Runes: You're right, they're not fully implemented in this alpha. We'll add a clear placeholder text in the description on itch page.
- Progression & mana cores – Great feedback. We're still tuning drop rates and overall balance. Stage 7 is indeed the current demo endpoint, but we agree it needs a clearer "end of content" message.
Thanks again for playing and taking the time to write this up - it's incredibly helpful!