I figured out that they might be humans after the "they solve like you" which I considered to be "think like you" and the axe was just confirmation lol. I thought there might be a hail mary when you'd have the option to "let them in" and if you did you would have saved yourself kinda like an good end type thing. The sound was excellent especially the subtle police sirens during a decoding sequence and I really love the little hints and it makes me think that our "helper" was some alien or something because they said that "they look like us" and no human says that multiple humans "look like us" gang.
You know what? More suggestions! For the UI It would be nice to be able to check my card deck, and I'm not sure if the sidekicks "add blank card to deck" works or if it's to come in the future. And I'm sure the "redraw" is most likely for either a different character or something. (I'm writing this as I go btw, got tried of clicking on and off this post) Also the "Crows shred armor" would be better put as extra damage because I thought it was referring to in general not that it does more damage, and the reusing of some sprites makes it feel kinda off, some way to differentiate would be nice. The blood duelist when you first encounter him is pretty intimidating especially with the "You'll need more than a hint to defeat The Blood Duelist.", so I think you should make it more creepy like lower the lighting or have a Blind mechanic where he blinds the player and the screen turns black and you can only see yourself (and not your Sidekicks because being alone is scary!) that's all I have for now!
I knew I would forget something! I think that you should make terrain cover. Like it doesn't make sense how Crows (And COCKroaches!) can (shoot arrows) throw (rocks?) at you from behind a wall/enemy/ally/mountain.
Chef's kiss, I really, really love the art style plus the little "hints" and the lore background of characters. Uhh I'm not really sure what else to say... A little jank (buts it's in early alpha so that's to be expected) For some reason the sturdy axe (I think that's what it is called) the item that allows you to get 6 strength at the beginning of the match doesn't work. I'm not sure if it just doesn't work at all or if it's just a sometimes thing (although I'm pretty sure it's the former). And DoberKnight was surprisingly wholesome (not looking forward to the NecroCat despite being a cat person. He just looks evil.) I can't wait to see what you have in store for the rest of the characters (although I'm not sure if you should reveal all of the characters until the official launch of the, like keeping your cards close to your hand) I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE NEW UPDATES THIS GAME GETS???? yea!!!!
