Thanks for the feedback! I was really counting on that "aha" moment. I kept thinking about the limitation, and "Find other methods to teach your players how to play". Anyone who's ever played a pc game should figure out the controls quick enough, then teaching the rules of the game can just come from playing, because the basic loop is very simple. The murdering murder of crows was a cute idea that just happen to occur to me, it just felt right, looked cool, and helped add a little story/character to the game, as well as reinforce the objective.
Yeah the repetition is to be expected, and I didn't plan/expect for anyone to play more than a few times and move on.