Due to your great feedback here are the first patch notes:

• Made early game progress faster, mainly by making early costs lower (such as dwarf housing and early upgrades). This is only a first quick pass and a lot more work will go into this, like through other more subtle means. And unlocking progression will also be made better, so it's not as overwhelming at first and to not allow feel-bad "noob-traps" like buying early laboratory/forge when it doesn't necessarily do much.
• Added ability to toggle black text outline for better readability. (Only some of the main elements for now, will get to others later)
• Made ore/gems be instantly claimed if it flies off the screen, so it's clear it gets collected.
• Bunch of other tweaks and fixes

Thank you so so much everyone for playing the game and giving me your thoughts and feedback. Much appreciated!