Thanks! Glad you liked the idea 💚
The game actually does end with the right strategy, although matches can definitely get pretty defensive. I recently uploaded a short clip on my page showing a winning game in action.
I appreciate the feedback on the controls as well. Using a single key like E to claim tiles is a good suggestion and something I'll consider improving after the jam. Actually i was planning for 1v1 mechanic using single Keyboard just like the game fireboy and watergirl in which one player use WASD and other uses Arrow Keys so i made X and O features for that purpose.. But yeah for User vs Bot i will replace this feature to just E.