Thanks for the feedback. Do you feel everything is too slow, or is it something in particular? Getting upgrades, sharpening the pencil, earning, etc.?
In my opinion it's kind of everything. You churn the pencil very slowly and sometimes it stops, only to start again for (seemingly) no reason, which feels pretty bad to play, you make only 5 cents per can of shaving soup, and the earliest item you can buy is the Blue Pencil which, from what I understand, can't even be used until you get 25$ for the Blue Pencil Machine, which also feels pretty bad.
Unrelated, but also a small complaint is the buttons for things seem to be laid out kind of randomly. The "start collecting" button should be closer to Mercer/the character since they're related, and it's not on the same "tier"/importance as Opening the Shop (I think the Upgrades button should be in its place, since it's pretty hidden but just as important), and I keep forgetting the "Refill Souper" button is the very tiny one far below the Souper itself. It should be much closer to the Souper itself, maybe above or below it.
All that said though, I think it's a fun and intriguing idea for an incremental game, and I can see the pencil-sharpening part being more fun later in the game when it's not as arduous.