Thank you for trying my game!
I am sorry you found it difficult to play with the shovel but I understand and agree that the hitbox to hit enemies could have used a bit of resizing.
Have you tried buying just potato seeds the first few days? You can find an easy example of a good strategy in the video trailer for the game, but yeah having a weaker long range weapon like a simple bow for example would have been much better, I had ideas for several new items and weapons but unfortunately didn't have time to develop them.
Thank you very much for the kind words and the feedback!