I'll be honest, Vampire Survivors didn't really click with me. Maybe I'm just bad at it -- I can't seem to beat the first stage, and progress through permanent

I'll be honest, Vampire Survivors didn't really click with me. Maybe I'm just bad at it -- I can't seem to beat the first stage, and progress through permanent upgrades and unlocks is very slow. If I don't find garlic as my first weapon I may as well just quit and start over, but garlic starts to suck a third of the way through, so ...