Hiya, thanks for your thoughtful feedback! I'm thinking I might have left some old timelines (or ambiguities) in the text -- for example the shops wouldn't get boarded up until all previous layers are consumed, and each layer takes six hours -- so shops aren't until hour 36 or so. (i am now also realizing i've switched the names on a couple of the levels between my two tables, making it even worse, oops). agreed that they could have been merged into one table, this could have bought me more room for my NPCs (something I sorely needed haha)!
If I were doing a redo, more details on the levels would definitely be high on my list (along with more love for NPCs). I'm already eyeing that "how'd you get here" section, asking it... well... how'd YOU get here? :)
thanks again for the feedback!