Likewise, the rooms have no real instruction. Is there any sort of a walkthrough or a translated instruction file that tells you what you are supposed to do with the 'teams' you build? i build them, but they just deduct from my number of critters, can't tell how to access them ordo anything with them?
The game's main folder includes a readme file. It is not written by a native speaker, though, so it can be hard to read.
About moving units, click on a location, and you'll see a list of units in it. If there are your units there, you can click on them, and you can send them to another location. Or, if you don't care to look at unit stats, you can click on the unit's portrait under a location with the same effect.
Click on a location with enemies, and there would be an "attack" button on the bottom-left. Clicking it will cause units from nearby locations to swarm in and attack the location. You can pick which units will attack.
Note that each unit can move twice per "week" (global map turn), and attacking requires a move unless a unit is already in that location. Available moves are shown as flags on location detailed view.
When you want to finish a week, click on hourglass that appears if you take the cursor to the right side of the screen.
I gave this a try, it looked interesting, but even though the frames have been translated to english, there is no instruction, and i can't figure out what i'm supposed to do. I can attack places around me, and use the auto to attack, but i cannot figure out how to manually attack, or how it works.
In combat, each unit takes turns separately. Your current unit has an orange arrow bouncing over it. A unit can either move and attack, or attack twice. It seems that some advanced units are different, but that's how it is for melee hilichurls.
Click in the center of your current unit to order it to move. Available hexes will change color to blue-ish.
In the four corners of the icon, there are attacks. For beginner units, top-left "club" icon hits hard, top-right icon rushes in and hits so hard it moves your enemies (tactical utility unclear), bottom-left "net" icon hits weakly but with a chance of capturing slaves, bottom-right icon is ultimate ability - setting your clubs on fire - that needs charging it through regular fighting first.
I recommend using "net" on enemies with multiple units (to capture most slaves), then once the main unit is alone, hitting her with clubs until her HP is yellow, then hitting her with nets to capture.
When you're done taking a unit's turn, click on hourglass on the bottom-right to give turn to the next unit. Move sequence is in the bottom-left, so you can see how much you can hit your enemies until they get a turn to annihilate your troops.
Can't get past the victory screen in the first battle for some reason.
Try right-clicking.