This game isn't that hard. Say I let 5 enemies escape with gems and kill everything else. That's only 5% level experience lost. I gain a level per battle and steam roll everything with upgrades. Forget about 3star everything. Clear everything on 1 star and level up quickly.
Not buying anything, abusing the quick save / restart turn / restart battle options, and checking the well, cracked wall behind shelves, and the moose for loot gave me a total of 2088 money.
My mouse hand hurts. I wish the wtf spell was a rain of fireballs instead of just 1 that I have to throw manually and miss anything that's in the fore and backgrounds. Also, give me a money magnet upgrade. I need to collect those coins that roll behind the houses.
I wouldn't mind playing this game so much if I could make the music quieter and loading a save didn't burst my eardrums with a loud 'ding.' Secondly, pets are a waste of space, inventory, and money. Third, for costing so much, the shoes really should make me run faster than monsters. Fourth, game needs a load page while playing. I'm getting tired of refreshing the game or letting a monster kill me, so I can undo something.
In a previous comment, someone said it was easier w/out a pet. I completely agree! Sell the eggs, sell the pet food, use monster loot as walls and auto-heal up to full.