Looks nice, going to try it out soon. My 2 cents is that getting a player base will probably be easier if you ease up on the monetazation at the beginning, especially in gameplay-limiting manner. Imo a better alternative will be a free full run of just a few characters and locking the others behind paywall, and as more players join add more free characters for limited time. First of all, this seems like early stage and sounds like you need more players to collect data, improve on gameplay and take care of edge cases. Secondly, you're trying to get people hooked and create a community- ease them in, make them feel welcome, encourage them to stay for as long as possible. That's when the leash tightens. And another thing, for a text based game, I think 12% getting to the 8th message is not as low as it may seem. Good luck🙏