Very fun yet surprisingly morbid game with a unique take on the theme, and I learned something new! Loved the jaunty tunes as the pirates marched to their death, definitely helped stop the game feeling too dark. The trade-off between trying to fit in one long chain versus the flexibility of multiple short chains was interesting, as well as the choices between the different perks and downsides. The game did get a little buggy at one point with pirates floating through chains when I had a lot of Fool’s Gold in the later levels. In the end, I managed to make a pretty successful design, but I was unable to progress past the next upgrade screen (presumably because it had nowhere left to place any more trees or crates):

Very nice game! The ability to remove or move chains would also be a helpful feature.

Nice idea and it was well implemented. A control to speed up time would have been great.