I think you are suppose to move the yellow characters. They are quite small and the clickable area is tiny so it is a bit difficult to select them. I couldn't understand how to pick up objects.
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Hi,
They are quite small, I agree. To pick up items you just need to make a character walk to one, then it'll pick them up automatically. You can also move friendly objects out of the way so enemies have to go further. The enemy objects you drop back on your hexagon on the right, the friendly objects you need to manually drop with s.