I'm happy to hear that!
It does have a bit of a story, actually (press ⇩ to skip). I first played it during elementary school. A classmate had it (I should ask him how next time I see him lol) and we played it on one of the school PCs. I didn't get a copy back then but it stuck in my mind. I think I found it again (somehow finding and) googling keywords several years ago.
Hot seat games were rare then, as they still are now, I guess. It was quite fun to fool around and accidentally stumble upon new units and effects. There's no handholding so everything has to be done through trial and error. That may be one of the aspects why your game reminded me of it.
Not sure if that's for everyone but I usually like it. As long as trying again is part of the fun and not too frustrating, I think it's ok. Those three lives probably helped.
I hope I didn't bore you too much, I must be getting old lol ^^;. I look forward to future updates/bugfixes, I'll probably be playing it again in the future. Thank you for crafting such a unique, nostalgic game.