-adding diagonal movement (no need to add new sprite, horizontal movement sprite is enough)
-removing default orientation (facing left, stopping, and you default to suddenly turning right)
-making the player sprite go behind: sprites of trees, bushes, houses, etc. that block movement, by moving objects like roofs and treesone z-layer up. Alternatively, have a short player sprite, and the upper half of bush/tree-trunk sprites and so on to always float above z-layer (instead of needing to check if player is front or behind to determine which is rendered on top)
Notes: Always pick [Gold Find] when it shows up. (Goldfind+ is better than even BetterUpgrade+++)
Always pick [Better Upgrades] if Gold Find doesn't show up.
After you hit like 30-40 levels in goldfind and better upgrades, you get a new upgrade basically every 4 clicks, your income literally outscales the speed the levelup slowdown is.
and if you avoid AOE upgrades (even one is bad tbh) and have ok-high [HP-regen] you just never die.
I find this often happens with games that have cursor-location-based POV.
Try hitting ctrl+0 to change zoom to 100%, and refreshing the page. The glitch shouldn't be due to the game itself, but rather an odd itch.io interaction with canvas+mouse location at different page zooms.
NOOOO!!!!