Really interesting core loop but pacing and progression is completely slow. It is a bit of idle game, but the main objective is to strategically place tiles around so you can gather resources, but those same tiles spawn enemies and make the game harder. The balance seems a bit off when the resources you get are measily and pretty much everything is gonna widdle down your health until you have to retreat with what you got. But what you get per loop is not interesting or plentiful. You can do several loops without being able to upgrade anything. It kinda feels like padding after a certain point. A couple of balance tweaks, and the game willing to be shorter if that is all it can do, will make the game shoot up in reviews quite a bit I feel.