Haha, thanks for grinding through the whole jam version ... the updated version takes 3-4 hours, which maybe still would've been too long for a jam game, but I think feels about how we wanted it to pacing-wise. I'm glad it is in fact possible to finish in its initial state, though lol
Yeah, bombs aren't really worth the cost in the jam version, though status effects are pretty useful vs. the bosses. The gold fish is always faster than you and was set to run way too often, so you basically never get a chance to attack it.