Thanks so much for playing! You are 100% correct, currently the idea is that your bird will only last so long and by upgrading you eventually can eat more to have your bird survive longer. So time is really what you are competing against. We spent so long getting the simulation together we didn't have much time to play test and find out how others would see the gameplay loop. So it's a little rocky in its current state. We are definitely considering how to alter this after the jam and already have some ideas!
For the end of the game you just have to consume all the enemy boids so when you upgrade food to that point you are essentially in the last stretch of the game.
Thanks so much for playing! We unfortunately ran out of time before putting in any UI elements in to describe the upgrades so we had to settle for putting them in the description on the itch page. We will definitely look into adding them after the jam!
Thanks so much! We are probably going to add more after the jam's rating period is over! We unfortunately didn't have time to implement a tooltip UI element so we just had to put the upgrade descriptions on the Itch page description so you can currently find them there. Thanks for playing!
