I will not register to try a game. It's too much friction. I will register to continue playing a game I like.
You've hidden the 'Try Meatshields' link in tiny text below the fold -- present me with a demo experience front and center, and consider pushing the FAQ content below that. Make playing the game the hero of your website.
For something like a strategy game, it's nice to see if the game even appeals to you at all before you invest in a tutorial.
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As someone said upstream, as a content-creator, I feel like I should just try the game someone spent many hours of their life building. But as a content-consumer, I'm irrational with my attention span for some reason.
I'm aware of the proxy services that heroku provides but it wound up being a lot of setup for something that I could probably replace with something like google logins if I wanted. Sounds like people would like it!
As a content-maker, I would feel that attitude is incredible unreasonable, it's "only a sign up." As a content-consumer, that's just where I am.