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this is a really fun and interesting game! i had a great time playing it.

here're a few notes from my time with it

TUTORIAL
- a popup window with the tutorial and a "skip" button upon game start would be appreciated it. i didn't spot it until fumbling around a bit.
- you can get rid of the "okay got it" button. it's the same as the "x" button except for i kept thinking it was okay/proceed and closing the tutorial by accident haha
- the instructions themselves were clear and had a good amount of detail. the gifs were very helpful.

BUILDING
- all the shortcuts and controls are great!
- i ran into a bug where the camera become uncentered after a test -- is there a way to pan left/right as well as zoom?
- it would be helpful if your money increased/decreased as you removed/added components to your creation.
- it would be great if the fact you can click on the pieces you can buy to get a description of them was in the tutorial. 

BATTLING 
- ran into a bug where the camera remained zoomed in after a match and i couldn't see my opponent when betting. the camera remained zoomed in during the next battle and also up too high (couldn't see the floor). i think maybe i didn't have an opponent? i lost from going over the far edge.
- the betting system is a lot of fun, and it's really cool to see other player's creations!

POTENTIALLY INTERESTING ASPECTS
i think more options for things to add to my creation & different kinds of matches (with different goals) would both be fun additions if you're looking to add more stuff :)

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thanks for the thoughtful analysis, we really appreciate it.

great tips on the tutorial windows, we really suck with UI/UX

actually there is a pan if you middle click and drag .... tbh dont know if that is a good idea, I personally dont like middle click stuff, but didnt know what to do since we already use the click for selection and are kinda planing a multi selection thing with click and drag on the empy areas of the screen.

money has several bugs, but since its kind of a limitation we chose to move its fixing to later .... but will fix eventually

if you click on the pieces before adding in the menu, you will have a description of them ... but yeah, I guess that is really bad UX lol ... lots of people did not notice it lol

there is something I noticed just recently that happens with the camera in battling that the zoom kinda bugs when the screen is below certain size ... its kinda annoying because its also kinda hard for us to see it happening, I have seen once .... but recently been testing in a smaller notebook to find these kinds of bugs more easily

things that we have been working on:

- live battles on twitch - we already started that, should be going back live in the next few days https://www.twitch.tv/m4arena

- tournaments - probably still this month

things planned:

- open public backlog

- more battle scenarios with different features

- battle modes (currently planning run mode and survival mode)

.... besides all the bug fixing, of course =)