I appreciate all the kind words, thank you! I was worried when I started because I am not the best at pixel art. But I normally try to throw games together for week jams, so I had a lot of time to experiment with different things. Yea the idea at first was to have it be you try to see how much gold you get. But I wasn't really able to flesh it out enough to be worth the multiple plays.
originally with the equipment I wanted to do a heirloom system, because the game I based my original concept off of had the main character being a descendant who collects equipment that was passed down. So when you died, you would pick a piece of equipment you're wearing and that once piece gets saved for you next play through. But especially with how simple it is right now, that was a little OP.