This kind of  "time loop" game reminded me a bit of games like The Forgotten City, and I wonder if the inspiration was intentional or not - although maybe this is more alike to... a narrative roguelite? Is there such a thing ;-D?

The drawings are really evocative of the atmosphere, and also the idea that practically everything and anything is a danger. Maybe the idea of inventing a "Rah"-thing was not strictly necessary for the story itself, but overall well executed, it kept me there until I was finally able to exit! Maybe a quick restart button could be useful too.

I think you've done a great job here! I'd also like to say that it's pretty smart to mirror the graphics as it saves a LOT of time in creating art assets, plus they look pretty darn nice here. The simple color palette makes the consequences of your choices stand out a lot more and overall it all seems to fit together nicely. Sorry to say that's all I can really comment on, I was a bit too dumb to complete the whole thing!

Nicely done! I figured it out relatively quickly, but then again these are the types of games/puzzles that I always prefer to make so it all seemed very natural to me :D I assume you can somehow die of mind corruption/bodily exhaustion (since those kept popping up) but I didn't really see any particular way to achieve that.

That said, there might be a slight bug with your 'restart' in that it might not fully restart things? Like I researched until I could no more then went back to the eye room and died to the screamy-scream, but the next time I went back there and selected 'undo the protection circle' it told me I could easily do it because of all my time spent practicing the weave of rah (even though this was a new run where I hadn't practiced anything). Just a note.

Ominous! I did die a lot (chosen acolyte's a tough gig). Started to gauge the meaning of the text colours the more I played; was a bit unsure how to go about things so mostly just tried things out. Nice, consistent art style that definitely fits the tone you're going for.

i did it! really excellent presentation and design. i felt immersed enough to learn more and the ui/flow was clear enough that i wanted to keep trying when i failed. everything had its purpose. well done!

Really beautiful art and great ambiance! I died about five different ways haha. Very creepy and lots of fun!