Sorry but I cant see any framerate there, even when i hover over. But it does definetly feel like frame-drops. It did go a bit smoother for a while now, but after some exploring it got worse again (i think after i started zooming out). I also had it in fullscreen with F11 if that makes a difference
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I just uploaded a version with the framerate on the upper right corner of the screen. btw, are you playing in what system/browser?
About the issue of starting stuck, I think I got it, it was a bad interaction with the itch's iframe and keyboard focus, to workaround you had to click outside the window and on again to finally get the focus. I tried a fix, let's see if it solves the issue. The iframe was also the reason for the fps not showing in the title, pretty obvious.. but I didn't test enough on the itch's environment.
Well, thanks for the feedback! I will take some time to play the games now :)