I've had a blast playing through the 7 sample missions. Generally I like the game, and would probably buy it. Here's some suggestions for polish before release if you're so inclined:
After 3 times launching the game, I can't figure out how to skip the intro
Tabbing through the fields for logging into Gamespy doesn't work.
Some sort of visual cue or reminder for how to use curses for newbies. I had to look in the help to figure it out. (I found the teaching for everything else to be easy and intuitive).
The UI that tells you how many more resources you need for upgrades is not very intuitive.
The HUD at the bottom looks a bit unpolished, in particular, the gold counter is over the lighter half of the UI making it harder to read than the tree and rum counters. It looks like all the counters should be slid to the right an inch or two.
