Hey Chaddy, 

I have really enjoyed playing your game the last couple of days, I have probably got at least 10 hours out of the campaign so far and I'm 30 days in! I plan to try and finish a full run. The missions, base building and general loop is good fun and requires a nice balance of casual and fast-paced play. I'm looking forward to the updates and seeing where the project goes. 

My only gripes at the moment are to do with controls and UI*. The controls can be quite clunky and not intuitive, sometimes left and right clicks interchange and it's not clear when they do - perhaps a change in cursor could help? This is mainly around unit movement in missions or on base. 

The issue I have with the UI is mostly around tooltips, toasts and hover text. As you have used a coding assistant, nearly all of the language used is confusing and refers to concepts the player is unaware of such as math behind the mechanics or arbitrary rules  or strange ways of explaining mechanics, example from Engineers explainer: "For 3 days, once they can come. At the base they work beside the squad, which builds about twice as fast, and they do the engineers' jobs. With the squad on guard, they're on the line beside it." Almost all of the in-game text is written in this strange format and tense, which I find off putting and makes mechanics more confusing sometimes.

Otherwise, I think it's great so far, and genuinely look forward to seeing it progress!

*The UI has since changed dramatically, and I have to say I much preferred the previous layout and scheme, the new UI is quite difficult on your eyes and less intuitive than the previous version.

Questions:

1. The first day and night of Five Nights. Did the tutorial give you enough to hold the first night? Where did you get stuck or confused?
Mostly yes,  a little guidance on building your first trenches or fighting posts would be good. 

2. When did you stop playing, and why? Even "lost interest on night 2" helps.
Literally spent hours playing. I stopped because I had to do other things!

3. If you try the campaign: does the province map make sense? That's sending squads out, then fighting the contact yourself or letting it auto-resolve.
Yes it's OK, some issues with leaving a settlement/homebase by accident and getting trapped outside settlements waiting until dawn to enter, can result in losing out in "offers" (Should they be called Objectives?). Also some issues around using Helicopters, sometimes they wont extract and it is unclear why (not because of weather)

Played in OperaGX browser on a laptop. 

A short Codex-operated desktop-browser test of the updated Five Nights opening: I queued a sandbag wall, wire, a trench and a fighting position, then left Build mode and saw the work detail start building. Pausing while planning and showing the completion times in the works queue made the distinction between placing an order and finishing it clear.

One specific terminology snag: the tutorial asks for a “Fighting position”, but the Positions button says “HOLE”. The next order asks for an “M60 position”, while its button says “M60 PIT”. The tooltips explain the mapping, but matching the order text to the visible button labels would remove that extra lookup.

I stopped during first-day construction, so this does not establish whether the defenses hold the first night or whether the campaign stays engaging. I’m working on Turnfeed Kingdoms and dealing with similar order/result clarity; I’d be happy to compare a short opening if that is useful to you.

1. The first day and night of Five Nights. Did the tutorial give you enough to hold the first night? Where did you get stuck or confused?

Honestly, I didn't know what I had to do. The tutorial said to put the mortar team in the middle. But then nothing happened. Nights kept passing, but nothing changed. I tried to build. I dug trenches, laid wires... and waited forever, but nothing happened. The HQ squad won't move. I don't know what do with soldiers. And the mortar team should be in the place I asked for. Finally, I clicked to skip this order and all the following orders because I didn't know what to do

2. When did you stop playing, and why? Even "lost interest on night 2" helps.
After exiting the tutorial, I tried moving my soldiers out of the base. I fired some shots, and it seemed like I killed some enemies. Then I honestly didn't know what the task was. Do I need to gather resources? Train my army? And what was the objective? There were no enemy bases or troops. So I gave up.

3. If you try the campaign: does the province map make sense? That's sending squads out, then fighting the contact yourself or letting it auto-resolve.
I tried the campaign, yes. But didn't see a map. I was trapped in my little base forever