The game, while looking and sounding amazing, wasn't well balanced, and I was constantly in a situation where I waited. I also never figured out how the game ended unless I did it manually. You could maybe try to fix the issue by making basically everything appear more often, and put a full tutorial in the game, as I had to go back multiple times to figure out what to do.
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Thanks for playing! There actually was a fully thought out tutorial, with visual cues on what to do, but we didn’t have time to make this. In fact, there is one more “secret” soundtrack, that never got into the game, due to a lack of time (which I’m sad about, because I composed it)
So the point of the game, is not to lose all of your islands. Dying just makes you lose some time, and while you’re respawning, islands shrink. So, basically, you lose when there is nothing to stand on.
About balance issues, yes, I completely agree. To fix this, I think, we can make “Less land - more pickups” mechanic, or something like that.