Hey, thank you for playing. And I'm super glad you did - no worries about being late to the party, we need playtesting of each version.
We have heard a lot of different pronunciations of Zooid. Since they're based on real Zooids, so you can just follow what wikipedia says how to pronounce :D
The overwhelming amount of parts is due to testing version. At the beginning only Advena breed is available.
Regarding "getting back on your feet" after getting your ass kicked - we've had a lot of criticism for it from different sources and have some ideas for solving it. However, none of them seems like a no-brainer. What could you suggest for solving the "getting back on your feet" issue?
I've noted rest of the things you found that I didn't comment on. Thank you for playing again, I'm glad you liked Sipho. We're in Early Access and providing early-early access builds to the community is great way to playtest new concepts. Cheers!