I really love the concept you're developing here. I love the idea of indirect control and only being able to influence. This is a really neat take on it!

-I loved the 3D aspect each of the rooms/floors had. I really appreciated the added bit of visual flair when the camera moved to sell the world you're building.

-Chickens are super cute. Fantastic idea to make them all chickens

-a tad difficult to grasp each unit's utility. I really like this concept but it was tough to know what each unit's niche/job was

I had a lot of fun with this one though, great entry!

Fun. I think the graphics are cute. I think a tutorial at the start of the game would be really helpful to get players started. I also found some of the UI a little hard to navigate with a bunch of text blocks popping up. 

Fun, and good luck continuing it. 

The game is so cute, though it is hardly a metroidvania. I've had a problem with the upgrade button description flickering and the font being a bit too hard to read

It was a bit strange to control in the start and it took me some time to understand how the game worked, but once I did I really liked the idea. It just feels very unpolished at this state imo. It could use clearer audiovisual feedback, for example when there are chicks in the dark (took me some time to realize I had to always go with an explorer first in order to see anything that was happening). Maybe a few more instructions in the beginning wouldn't hurt either.
Other than that, I found the art pretty cute and the soundtrack fits the vibes very well.

Congrats on finishing the jam though! I'll be curious to replay it in the future in case you keep working on it.

Cool game but not really sure how this is meant to be a metroidvania. My biggest gripe is with how the enemies were handled as running into one didn't present any kind of meaningful challenge, it just forced me to spawn a slow moving guard and wait for it to walk all the way over to the enemy.

I really love the idea of not being able to control the player, but rather spawn troops you can control. I think we only saw these in 2d base defense game like Age of War, but I like this approach a lot more, and I think it has a lot of potential.

What I felt the most confused, were the roles, each chicken had. I didn't knew which could do what, so I just spawned random chickens to hopefully get the right one to do my job. And I feel like it would be a lot easier, if we dont get all the abilities from the first minute of playtime, and rather explore and use the chickens we are given at the start and then slowly over time get more and more advanced chicken.

Other than that 10/10 Game and cute chicken

This is a super interesting idea that I could see being expanded into a really unique experience. The idea of slowly unlocking new worker and building types that help you further explore the world, without directly controlling the units, is a really cool take on the genre. My biggest piece of advice is that there is very little guiding feedback towards what the player should do or what they are unlocking, so adding a more gradually ramped tutorial, and adding better indicators of what caused different things to be unlocked or appear, would go a long way towards giving the player a better idea of their goals and what they should be working towards. This is a great start, so keep working on it!

Interesting submission, didn't really feel like a metroidvania to me, I guess the definition is not really set in stone but having access to all progression mechanics from the start is probably the best i can point at.

Putting that aside, really enjoyable game. Some mechanics could use some polish or redesign, like for example digging out hole on top most layer without gathering all resources basically cuts off that resource field. I feel like explorers could automatically mark first found spot for convenience sake, they're really cheap so it doesn't feel like waste tbh and right now you kinda have to follow them to find what you want.

Artwise, chicks are cute but UI is veeeeery rough, but servicable. One major problem i had was constant flickering of tooltip on research button, trying to access it required lucky click which isn't very fun. Music was nice, I think fitting for a relaxed gameplay like this one.

To preface my feedback, I try to offer as much feedback as I can for the game in its current state. I also try to offer feedback that's aimed towards continuing work on the project post-jam.

I like the overall concept (it has a Lemmings vibe to it) and am always interested in different takes on metroidvanias, but I feel the execution of the project needs more work. While you included tips in game, I really feel like this is the type of game that should have a guided/scripted tutorial before going into actual gameplay. It wasn't clear enough in the beginning I think, and that will scare away a lot of players.

I like the art. As someone with terrible art skills, I enjoy different styles as long as their consistent. I feel like you all did a good job in that aspect.

The music didn't stand out to me at all. It didn't clash with what I was seeing visually which is good, but it also bring attention to itself enough to enhance gameplay. If the music is an external asset, its hard to really find a song that fits the game you're trying to make. I know I always have trouble finding music that fits with my games.

As for the theme, I really didn't see how this qualifies other than the limited vision units have.

Overall, I think you may have overscoped your project for this jam. However, I think if you spend the next two months refining it based on the feedback you receive during this jam (this may already be your intent), you could really step up the quality of your game and have a solid submission for Super MVM 20. I wouldn't add any new mechanics. If the only thing you change is adding a scripted tutorial or something that eases the player into the full experience, I think you will have a pretty cool game and its one I'll keep an eye on and if its gets more work, I will play it again. Congrats on your submission and I hope you all continue working on this. I feel like I can see what you envisioned for your project, and if I'm right, it will be fun.