Hey thank you very much! Yes, balancing was an absolute nightmare and you can absolutely win starting with any plant, although some definitely take a bit more luck than others (that's why Conway is always there as an initial choice if the other two plants are subpar)! As you noticed, I found that if I made costs scale in the crazy way that the points do by mid-end game (which is very dependent on your mutations), early-mid game was almost impossible to survive through, and like you said, it would have felt bad losing a run where you were starting to snowball. I don't have much experience with incrementals but I do have some ideas for future balancing passes though! Thanks again for playing!