Thanks for the feedback!
You do have to keep moving to the right, yes. Although, there may be a secret hidden somewhere that requires going left ;).
The goal is to get to the end with as much money left as possible. You need to figure out which workers are the best sacrifices in a given situation - they have different stats. We planned on adding more obstacles than just the god chasing you, but didn't have enough time to implement them.
The slow movement was on purpose - he doesn't want to get his suit dirty after all.