Aaa thank you for the in depth review!!
I'm so glad you liked the game and it's twist!
When it comes to sound and the clipping issue, that's something I got aware of after uploading the web build to itch.io, in the editor the issue was not present so I left it as-is, I'll definitely fix it with an after jam update for the game that I already have some QoL features ready for, and I hope that this issue didn't tank too many points in rates for audio in the game.
You got it right with the WASD free movement section's goal to be a little bit misleading for the player for where the game's trying to go to make the reveal a bit less predictable, At first during the development it was a bit longer (moving around the car to find and pick up the knife, etc) but it dragged the length of the playthrough arbitrarily and it felt wrong to keep.
Again, Thank You for your time and the review, much appreciated! ^^