Thanks for trying out the game. When we playtested on the last day with a few friends we noticed that nobody really understood what to do (we missed a lot of feedback like the costs, the ore info, etc). Since we had so little time left I tried to just make a tutorial popup and keep the text as bare minimum.
But yea I was still quite worried about the pace of things. Because you start the game, and now suddenly there is a timer, you're unfamiliar with the controls. It just goes full throttle immediately. Next time I definitely want to introduce the player into the game a bit more gracefully, or make a simpler game that involves the theme better :)