Hey, thank you so much for playing and providing detailed feedback! It really helps to be more objective about my own project.
Yeah, the game is fast-paced to be challenging, but for the early game, it seems it should be tuned to allow people to get further into the game, where they have more tools and choices. For the late game, upgrading to have automation in the kitchen is what I would like to do, but couldn't do it in the given time.
To be honest, the current 0.0.1 version has very little content, so I made it even more difficult so that you have to juice all existing content to make progress. I'll keep the updates coming to make a better experience overall, and thanks again for trying out the game!