Went back and read the ending guide, and it looks like we do have some agency, though I also noticed with the audit popup that when I clicked zoom, the timer stopped indefinitely. Not sure if this is intended behaviour.
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Thanks for playing!! Glad you enjoyed it :)
I noticed that occasionally nothing would happen if I had not finished typing before the timer went out.
A very valid point I didn't quite think about! I was thinking sometimes something happening would spice it up, but it DOES play as sometimes nothing happening. Post jam version should make sure something happens on each timeout.
I also think there could be more of a consequence for not completing the words and sentences in time.
Perhaps a good change would be to decrease the threshold of slow responses to get a bad ending, maybe from 50% to 30%? I didn't want to be too harsh since I believe it's usually better to be more generous to the player when in doubt, but I'll consider it. More points of failure-by-slow response could also be good, though I'd need to alter some dialogue to accommodate it, and I don't feel like doing that.
And perhaps an optional use of the numpad (and the dot there) to write numbers
I wasn't aware it didn't work, thanks for that! I don't have a number pad, so I'll have to figure out some way to test it.
with the audit popup that when I clicked zoom, the timer stopped indefinitely
I fear you may have caught a bug with the audit popup freezing, I'll look into it! I thought I tested it, but perhaps I should have been more thorough.
Thanks for the feedback!