Oh hey, glad you finally finished it out! And no worries, I still enjoy hearing different people's takes and feedback on it, even if they overlap a bit.
Some good taste in endings too: I was definitely pretty proud with the whole video tape setup once it was finished, very much a fun idea. As for conditioning, I do enjoy "real" hypnosis as well, a lot more potential there than people realize, but it's just not a good fit for this kind of game, or at least what I'm trying to do here, so I tend to go with more fictionalized stuff. Too slow-paced of a build-up. For GT in particular though, it was important to the setup to actually have that initial scene with SOME kind of conditioning, even if it was a little vague and didn't have any visuals to go with it. Sets things up and all.
And thanks, appreciate the support!