Sorry for the softlocks, we didn't get enough time for playtesting and there are still some bugs, it's hard to get everything perfect within the time :(
At least from my experience the game is quite challenging once you've played for a while, but i guess it's a matter of taste, not everyone will like our game. The part of getting mechanics removed was to let the player see other mechanics, and it also helped the game fit the theme, i would agree it might be too much having them removed before you get used to them so thanks for pointing that out.
About the chat, conversations give you a hint on what's being added and removed, we also wanted to give the feeling that you are having a conversation in a discord chat (it usually takes some time in between messages, but shouldn't be too much). We tried to make the conversations entertaining and didn't want the player to ignore them, and if you are bored you can even type something yourself!
Thanks for the feedback, it's good to see the downsides from time to time :)
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