I really like the idea of the game but I must say that I quit it early.
I couldn't figure out where I was in the room, even after changing to headphones with spacial audio. I made a similar mistake(?) like Patricia. On my first attempt I found the beacon immediatly, then I changed to headphones after struggeling to find the robot for 5 mins. Next try I stepped two steps to the left - and had to search for the beacon for 2 mins or so. Stepping 2 times back didn't seem to work, so either the tutorial placed it somewhere else than the first time or I was simply unable to get an idea of the room.
I was extra confused when I read something about 90 degree direction changes - I thought it was simply moving up or down in a top down style. I suspected it to be a labyrith, but when I crushed into a wall I could walk 3 or 4 steps further before crushing into another. So I thought I can tear walks down, but I am not sure anymore...
Also I had issues with the Simon says riddle. The sounds were only played once during explanations followed by a very fast list of keys. When I pressed a key while hacking it only played the sound of the first key I pressed and none else. Instead the "bumb"-sound played again and again as if my charakter is running around while I hacked.
I think what would have helped me is:
- getting feedback what my movement does (am I walking to the right or am I changing direction of view as well, which indicates that I have to rotate my mental map)
- getting feedback on the wall-bumbs. I guess that the sound snipped only played every three or four times I hit a wall even though I still stand in the same spot?
- getting feedback on the directional keys during the hacking. shiftBacktick mentioned something about rhythm - I had not the impression that rhythm mattered although what I did was certainly not what the game wanted. But I couldn't find the right keys as there was no sound feedback as well so I guess I probably failed both.
I would really love to see a better expalined version of it as I feel that is has a lot of potential and might be very fun!!