Thanks for the review!! Yeah I agree that it's a bit too easy and lenient. Earlier in the development the game was a bit too hard, so I nerfed it, but I nerfed it way too much.
The function of the newspaper stands is so the news that "there is a sighting monster in town" is easily accessible to the citizens, and once a citizen reads the newspaper then they become a witness. That really should go in the tutorial for the jam page.. forgot about that.. Sorry.
Yeah, I agree with you that the sewer system needs work and that the objective of the game needs to be more clear. If I do patch it I'll tweak the citizens run speed, vent cooldowns, etc. I'm surprised you weren't able to reach the end screen cause there is a game over screen. Maybe it's cause there has to be 15 people in the map.
But yeah, thanks for the feedback. Really appreciated it!