Thank you!!
I agree that it's difficult to learn at first, we should tone it down a bit at the start. We actually didn't have time to balance the start before the jam was due.
But anyway, it's an arcade game about surviving for as long as you're able to, so it's intentional that it's difficult and short.
A few key things to succeed:
- You're supposed to rely heavily on your minions(strength in numbers!). They don't cost you any health, and in fact they give you health when created. The enemies stick around to be revived for like 12 seconds so you have plenty of time to maneuver around.
- Creating minions gives you a lot of health, and much more if you're in Frenzy.
- You can't be afraid of taking damage. In fact, if your life gets to zero, you go into Frenzy get a huge buff for everything including healing. As long as your health is positive at the end of a Frenzy, you're still in the game.