Hey there! Thanks for playing. I totally agree that the difficulty curve is pretty steep, but I only worked on the art, so I didn't have much to do with that part. The story, however, I wish I had more time to implement. I had already started work on a sort of comic-style opening for how the game would have kicked off, but wasn't able to make it all in time, along with some other story elements after the idea of any sort of win conditions was scrapped. Thanks a bunch for playing and enjoying the game for what was available though!