Hello, and welcome Dobsy! I appreciate these comments very much. I wouldn't say its "Survive for as long as possible", it's more of a mix between that and "Survive to gain points, to eventually kill the monster".
I can spawn the player further away from the shop, and I'll make it more obvious as to where Item's spawn. I'll probably add a leaderboard to count your survivals/deaths, and a watch in the shop so you can see when Day ends and when Night starts.
You gave me an idea, I'll spawn sticks around the map that you can collect to defend yourself against the monster. These sticks will have limited durability however.
For the torch, after it runs out of battery I'm pretty sure you can just insert another one through the bottom but I'll try that out for myself.
The short days and long nights was a design I made on purpose. I memorized each location of the map so I didn't get lost, but it's probably because I'm the one who made the game lol. I'll add a map so players can hopefully have a better time navigating.
That's all I have to say! Cheers Dobsy you are the best player I've ever had.