great game. i would leave the controls up on screen. no need to negate the information just to have that not there. i had to restart it to take it in (remember the playing is literally parcing all of that information (images - what the game genre is etc) all at once at boot up. no time to take in the tut contrls.
other option is a close button for it.
after i figured out the fishing i didnt know what i was doing. onboarding the player is a pain in the arse but is so so important if you dont want ur audience to disregard your game.
great game. real cool visuals. could be a jem