So good! Love a cool little exploration game with some cool, quirky dialogue and a cool aesthetic any day of the week. All of that stuff is obviously really fun already, I liked the humourous tone and kind of casual dialogue almost like someone texting or something. But I think the dichotemy between being presented with a world and being told you can theoretically go anywhere (which is true!) but then being inclined to follow all of the arrows anyways, and to consider where it leads you. To be led by the world and wonder and hope what the result is, rather than take the intiative within the world, only for the world to lead you somewhere that actually doesn't fit you. Anyways, I just read the rest of your game page, and maybe this is so not at all what you meant to say with this game, but oh well, I had a really cool time with it!
Also, I totally get the burnout thing, really struggling to be creative while trying to find work and stay afloat and mentally healthy and keep a sense of purpose for myself. So all I'll say to that is, hey, you're doing great, you managed to reach another weird little person (me) with your weird little art, and that's super awesome. Also, something my wife showed me the other day that's been floating in my mind since is how art and creativity has turned into this thing that you can be good at, or even worse, can be profitable at. But really it's just a human behaviour to be creative and do art, who gives a shit if it's "good", because it's art!
Sorry for the ramble lmao, I started typing my thoughts and then they just kind of kept going. Thanks!