Aye, sorry to hear that we didn't manage to communicate and tune the gameplay in a way that resonated or felt fun for you. We were doing our best to make something really different and unique in terms of play experience, which meant that in a few major design decisions we couldn't identify established conventions to fall back on... and for us that involved accepting risk of the game not making sense to some players if they're coming into it with different/particular expectations and background experiences. Thanks for the kind note on the graphics (for many members on our student team this was their first time trying to do pixel art, so that's really great to hear!), and thanks for taking the time to comment.