Hi! Thank you for the comment! <3
There was another path planned, but it didn't make it into the game!
Hi! Thank you for your comment <3
If you weren't able to pay after the little banknote minigame - then it indeed wasn't intended :o The inputs are a bit buggy though so it might be attributed to that heh :').
The original plan was that the hammer wouldn't be available till later but we had to cut that part.