Thanks for playing! The abilities are working, you have to find the glowing coin shaped objects. The easiest one to find is on route to the left, which'll give you a 'wayfinder' power up that'll point the axe towards the other power ups that are more hidden! We definitely ran out of time smoothing out that gameplay, haha. And you're 100% right about the monster. Originally wanted a cool pop-up anim + FX but time ran short :)
Glad you enjoyed it!