Thank you so much for playing! I'm glad you enjoyed it. The programmer Carbs here is very talented indeed!
You absolutely did not need to buy the game though!
Please enjoy them all freely, that is why they are there :)
It was great to meet you.
It is understandable that it felt grindy :) the game is not intended to actually be played all at once. It will eventually be a little pet that you might check in on a few times a day, slowly watch the environment change overtime, but for the sake of the jam we sped it up so that people could enjoy all the art if they wanted :)