Thank you so much! Yeah, it’s definitely a game that asks for a bit more of a headspace/frame of mind than most of the other entries - not that you’d guess at first from the walk cycle, hah! Really glad the black and white art landed for you as well, and the pit is definitely my favorite writing passage in the game!
With the cauldron puzzle, did you end up grabbing the Botany Guide in the same room? The text for the cauldron puzzle changes pretty significantly when you do!
Thanks for alerting me to those placeholders, I’ll grab them in the next update. Will definitely add in skipping reading the note at the same time - that definitely makes sense!