Makes total sense! We really wanted to do a tutorial, but we only had like 3 days to work on it, alas it's part of what makes jams what they are. If you want to learn in more detail how the meters and the inner workings of how decisions generate outcomes, the Concept section in our GDD explains it. I don't want to paste it here directly since it can be a bit spoiler-ish depending on how people want to experience the game.
Again, thanks for playing and for the feedback :)