I want to preface this by saying I'm only giving this much feedback because I really really like this game and I think it could be really great.
I finished the game in 39 runs in 62 minutes. I wanted to stop playing way before that, but it is so addicting that I had to finish. That's a good thing. I love this concept and the art style.
Let's talk about why I wanted to stop playing. 2 main reasons:
1. It starts realllllllly slow. Like, it took me at least 15 runs to get past the first two locations. I almost gave up because it seemed like it might take forever to finish the game. Once I got to like 100 health, it stopped feeling so tedious and grindy, and incorporated more strategy and made me want to max out every run. If you can figure out a way to tune those first enemies to get you to that point faster, that would be ideal
2. I wish there was some element that required player input during runs, other than choosing a location. The numbers going up every run felt good, but I also felt like for most of the game I clicked once and waited without a lot of interactivity.
overall, great concept and play on the theme. Infuriating game, I loved it, 11/10.