The animation and art are stunning! This is exactly the kind of theme I enjoy—it feels very philosophical. Making choices in response to the in-game questions brought back memories of playing the Rusty Lake series.
I chose to believe that 'everything is real' and successfully made it out of the desert in the end. Perhaps there are other endings worth exploring? This is a very meaningful and deep game! By the way, here is my own project: a puzzle game based on the mechanic of swapping NPC AIs. Feel free to play and rate it: https://keerzhu.itch.io/handshakeprotocol