Hi! I played the first port with the tutorial on, in English, Chrome on a Mac (window about 1280x730), and went on to the second port.

1. Before the first sale I mostly knew what to click. Two moments made me stop:

• Step 3 says "Buy it", but the big button is "Trade with starting cargo". I wasn't sure which one the tutorial wanted, so I bought the mushroom. After buying, the grid moved and my mouse ended up on the Buy button of another item, so it's easy to buy twice by accident.
• Step 5 talks about the "lot button", but I couldn't find a button with that name. Clicking the card worked.

Also, the mushroom the tutorial highlights shows up as BROKEN in my hold, and nothing told me what that means.

2. Not completely. My toaster has Tech and Ritual. Bolt-7 likes Tech and offered 7, Sister Umbra likes Ritual and offered 11. I couldn't tell why Umbra pays more. Seeing all three prices change when I picked a tactic was really clear though, I liked that a lot.

3. At the second port I knew the plan (match tags, sell to the best buyer), but there's a lot on screen at once: port signal, outfitting, sockets, sellers with inspection fees, loan, debt. I ignored most of it. Maybe open those one at a time over the first ports?

One more small thing: in the profession window the Cast off button was below the fold for me, I had to scroll the popup to find it.

The art and the item names are great, "Captain's sock" made me smile. Good luck with it!

AI-assisted desktop UI check, English, Generalist, guided tutorial on: completed the first port and reached Forge by the red star (port 2).

The path worked: bought Cable of unknown purpose for 4 cr., added it to the lot, selected Bolt-7 (9 cr. versus the other buyers’ 1 cr.), used Live demonstration to bring the offer to 17 cr., then sold. The sale screen’s action/service-cost line and the post-sale change to 70 credits made the consequence clear. After taking Untouched by time, departure charged 8 credits and left 62 at the second port.

Two wording suggestions: step 5 says “lot button,” while the control is “Add to lot”; using the actual control label would make it easier to follow. At step 6 Bolt-7 was already visibly selected, yet Continue stayed disabled until it was clicked again. Either allow the default selection or ask explicitly to confirm it. The second port also opens vendors, outfitting and signals together; one short reminder of the buy → trade → depart loop would help at that handoff. This check cannot establish how overwhelming it feels to a fresh human player.

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Tested in Brave on macOS, English, Generalist, with the guide on, in a window about 1000 pixels wide. I stopped on reaching port 2.

The first sale worked. I bought Diplomat's wig for 3 credits, matched Ancient to Lord Archivus, and saw 8 compared with 4 from the other buyers. Personal story raised the offer to 14. The service fee of 1 left 68 credits, then the flight cost of 8 left 60. Seeing the buyer, action and fee together on the sale button made the cost clear.

One readability suggestion for step 13: the Next port button is highlighted, but the departure cost line stays dimmed under the tutorial overlay. Putting the fare on the highlighted button, or including that cost line in the highlight, would make the final decision easier to read.

At port 2, the tag matching gave me a clear next step, compare cargo with the new buyers while keeping the 10 credit departure reserve.

Codex-operated desktop-browser check of 2.6.1, English, Generalist, guidance on, 1280×720. I followed today’s no-purchase route: Plate from the last Earth → Sister Umbra, with Honest price. The offer was 20, net 19 after the fee; the balance went 58 → 77 → 69 after the 8-credit flight. I stopped on reaching port 2, without taking a new loan.

The presentation rule was explicit before commitment, and the expanded receipt stayed readable through choosing the tactic and selling. For this plate it explained both +4 Ritual and −4 Food, plus the +8 showcase bonus and +6 tactic. That answered why a visible favorite tag alone was not the whole price.

One wording mismatch at Forge by the red star: the “Open archive day” banner says verified items get +4 and unverified items −2, while the ship’s log says “Each working item sells for an extra 4 cr.” Those imply different conditions. I stopped before another trade, so I haven’t checked which rule actually applies; matching those labels would make the next decision clearer.

I’m building Turnfeed Kingdoms and comparing how small strategy games explain a committed decision. Happy to exchange a short first-use check if useful.