artist here,
yeah i agree, probably a small animation of the growth phase (maybe make it fades between growth phase ) would at least make those static tree images more sense
i don't know much about unity though, but the game was initially made for desktop, so we thought changing it to webgl wouldn't be a problem
but after i tried it myself, yea, i just realized the ESC thing is kinda annoying on the web lol
i think remapping the pause button to other button like 'P' or 'enter' should fix it
anyway, i'm glad you have a good time playing
thankyou!