I has to start the game twice, read the tutorial twice, read the comments, and click everyhere, to finally build something. I understood that I should build a settlement and a mine, but it's still unclear why i could build at some points and why not at others, and how to move around. Sometimes the UI was red to select a place, but i was able to build, and sometimes the UI was green or blue and I wasn't able to build. The criteria which decide if i have enough SCIENCE or not are still very unclear.
It's a bummer because the game has such a unique concept and drips with style. I wish I understood how it works, and I'd really like to play the updated version.
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Thank you very much for the kind words and in-depth comments! Indeed, because of lack of time the balancing & tutorialization of the game took a hit; we hope to polish both post-jam, as well as improve the feedbacks.
Regarding the Science, at the beginning of the game you can only build very close to the snake's maw; once you've gotten keratin by building a mine and supplying it with workers from a nearby dwelling, you can construct a lab (the tower with a light on top), which gives you 1 point of Science while it's standing. For each point of Science, you can build further down the snake :) But we agree this is the hardest point to currently understand. Thank you very much for playing!