Hi Gwen!
Thanks for this feedback. I think you're right and my attempt to follow the template overburdened the document.
I did a few quick runs in Midjourney and couldn't get a good top down, but wanted something that gave the idea of lots of random types of "characters" for the attackers and defenders, so I tossed them in at the end. However, I can see how they might have just been confusing at that point. Also, it's not like I don't own quite a few tower defense games that I could have screenshot ...
My hope is that you're right and the basic TD element doesn't get stale because there is enough other things happening in that meta-play outside the main game (quests, collections, events, etc).
Thanks again!