Thank you for such detailed feedback!
RE: the first required upgrade: I was afraid that letting the player stay at the same speed would incentivize them to safely stay within their spawn region, making the gameplay boring. I hoped that by making the mower harder to control, they would naturally try to drive in a straighter line, until they’d find more obstacles and plants. I think manual speed control could work, but I’d need to pair it with something that would encourage traversal - maybe on-screen waypoints for pick-ups, or something, idk c:
Thanks again for playing!