This is one of the few I've seen to really take the "very serious" theme to mean, well, serious. This was really well done, the presentation of seeing more and more of the gears around as you went was great! I do wish some of the upgrade paths weren't quite as linear, but I understand there was a linear story to tell as well. It branched briefly at one point, maybe it could've kept branching and coming back together every story beat? Regardless, the game definitely achieved what it set out to do, good work!