Holy cow, Thanks for all the feedback!
A few things about your feedback:
First off, this is super detailed and I'm so happy that you took the time to write all of this!
Secondly, I've already began fixing up the gameplay by playing around with the variables in the vegetables, and adding a dash ability for the player (which is pretty cool already in my opinion), but I appreciate the honesty and I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought there was a bit of luck involved in getting them all.
Third off, I will get to work on adding the required score to the star page for the next version of the game, it's something super simple that would make the game a ton better so I'm glad that you pointed it out.
And lastly, there will 100% be a pause/quit/restart menu coming later, I just didn't think it was necessary to put in the time for that during the jam.
Anyway, just wanted to say thanks and give you an idea of where I'm at. I'll continue working on later versions soon, and I'll tell you when they're ready for testing if you're interested in giving more feedback!