I have been a long time player and viewer of VOTV content and just ambient horror games in general.
Here are my notes on VOTV:
Exploration is heavily disincentivized early game. Which is a shame given the environments are quite beautiful
Idea to solve this problem: Allow the signal processor to queue up signals like the signal player station, thus allowing players more opportunity to explore
Alternative idea: give points for exploration so players can still enjoy the game no matter how they play, E.G. finding items off the beaten path, or exploring and experiencing anomalies (Lantern as a prime example) thus making interacting with events more enticing rather than just "surviving" them.
The sense and feel of the lab being filled with outdated and decrepit technology compared to the more "modern" outside is quite nice. Gives the sense that you are there just to run the equipment, or act as a D-class personnel from the SCP universe to stay the hand of some eldritch entity for a little longer, or to gather what information you can before you die. Especially with the new boxes, K-O, and even the drone that delivers stuff or the one you can buy. Really gives the sense of either a tight fisted group seeking to penny pinch or give the bare minimum to keep things running
Sharing VOTV content:
This game is very fun, and offers the opportunity to be able to show off what you can do and what you have done in your time playing. This then incentivizes others to play to see how and what they do. So on and so forth. However, especially with co-op horror games becoming a very prevalent thing, I would suggest adding in a multiplayer mode as to allow for a greater reach to a broader audience. Now, I am no programmer so I won't tell you how to do your job, however, I will offer ideas and what they might provide. Basic one being simple peer-to-peer multiplayer. Simple as, no frills or anything special. Another idea is to make a separate version/program that runs as a server, that people can connect to like a minecraft server manager. Think modded minecraft servers. No idea how realistic or possible either one of those are, but as someone who has played this a lot and has wanted to share this game with other people to play with, this is something I would say is relatively important. Especially with REPO coming in recently and showing that the market for co-op horror is still very much alive.
Final notes:
This game is amazing, a masterclass in ambient horror- a game where you are witness to the universe and the mysteries rather than the target of supernatural wrath- minus when the angry spirits notice you. You are but one of many that has entered this place, and likely won't be the last if the corpses of your predecessors are anything to go by. You can run, hide, or even fight, but you are not a soldier, you are a scientist, a scholar, human. Wits and intellect will be your method of survival, and when all else fails, running is always an option.