Hey! Very cool game and story!
It really felt like those times of grief where your mind wanders in billions of direction trying to make sense of life.
I tried not using hints for the longest time, by focusing on the names and their actions, but then I got lost haha. Good thing the feature is there, or I would have abandoned without knowing the full story.
A few suggestions:
- The cursor's color can blend with the text sometimes, and is hard to find again.
- When you select a word, if it uncovers words that are already in the text, maybe you could remove the past occurences of the text? That would avoid cluttering with repeated words. (Also I noticed a loop with the word "Focus")
- I think having a "tick" sound when you click a word (very small and low volume) would make the experience more enjoyable. I believe there are checkpoints for when the pen scratching sound appears, but in-between it's pure silence (aside from the music).
- I would also add a second background music to have some variation during the game.