I fuck with this severely. Very cool stuff! I love the questions it raises, the setting it suggests, and the thoughtful integration of hard mechanics with very soft narrative! I think my only notes would be:
- Outlining on visual elements and text is a personal pet peeve of mine! Hard problem to solve with so much going on in the background but it just sticks out to my brain. Contouring the text frames to background elements to keep text contained within blocks of colour might be worth experimenting with so you don't have to lean on this approach as much.
- Some of the "audio logs" err a bit too much on the descriptive side for me! I love vague, I love talking around things. Since you already have top-level, out-of-game descriptions of what each thing is, I think the audio logs can get away with being super vague and inscrutable. Easy example: in the excerpt from the Weekly Safety Briefing, I feel you could strip out that whole first sentence and just start with "It's easy to mistake them with wires." That's where the real meat is imo!
- The "Made By Humans" logo you have featured is not by Akuma - it's from Lone Archivist.
Enough nitpicking though, I love this and it's got The Sauce and The Vibes!! You made me hungry with the Tamale stand. I also fucking love the "cults and faith" callout - incredibly good reminder for stories like these! Huge ups for a fellow UCR enjoyer. There are dozens of us