The survival mode is now on the beta branch, but is still being tested and it is very unbalanced, we will spend this week fixing it up and it should release in the main build by next Friday.
The current state of the game is now called Sandbox, and not only will still be accessible, but you will also start with more stuff now in Sandbox mode(enough building materials to make the sample workshop house). Survival mode starts with tools only and 100g, so spend them wisely.
If you want to jump on the beta in a day or two (after we do a bit of a rebalance) and give us some feedback it would be very helpful.
Right now in the survival mode the money will be automatically discounted from your pocket by the end of the week, in the future there will be an option to pay Reiko directly. There will also be debt discounts based on the resource we have half-implemented called "Favor", you will earn favor by watering NPC crops, doing quests for them and buying stuff from them.
If you fail to pay the weekly debt you will get a score based on your performance and will be put in Sandbox mode, so you can keep playing. To improve your score you will need to restart the playthrough.
Also I made new art for the game capsules, we are moving away from AI.