thank you so much for your feedback!
the lose condition of the game is a bit hard to meet actually haha -- you need to scale less than 50 fish in 20 turns.
by the game taking control, i think you might be referring to when the scale damage is being applied at the end of the game? we originally intended this section to be a bit more interactive but didn't have the time for it unfortunately.
things getting crazy is part of the idea with your power spiralling out of control. and yes, the multipliers don't reset if you don't play the card (which is technically an exploit but we didn't have time to fix it and it leans into the theme in any case haha)
glad you had a fun time playing! :)