played it through, blind to the tells (no sound on my end). held ~1.4s, let go ~0.9s, on repeat, never once reacting to the hall. reached Dawn at 62s first try. so the fix is in the source, but the tension still isn't: a metronome beats the watch. "it pushes when you think you are tired" is written down and still not felt, because a rhythm that never tires never gets caught.
the good is real: the shake and the thud land, and the first 20s actually tightened my chest.
if you want the pulse to matter, the tells have to be the only way through. no pattern should survive a player who isn't listening.
swap: i made ONE TOUCH, one tap, five swings, ~20s. play it and tell me one thing it made you feel or do. zay-ilands.itch.io/one-touch