The sprites are great looking, the items are just a bit confusing.

I'd recommend making some of those factorio tutorials (the in game showcasing things such as lightning on fulgora) to explain to people who have just started what the hell is going on there.

The confusion is a feature! It's definitely a mod that remove the handrails and force you to figure out by yourself. It's more geared towards players that want to continue toward harder recipe chains

There's also the tech tree that helps doing one thing at the time instead of throwing everything at you

I might add some tutorials, but they won't be the complete solution.
... But I also need to learn to make tutorials first...

Yeah no worries, just an idea.

Though the tech tree has some weird cases like that recollored rocket control unit (Don't remember name) is unlockable way before it's needed.