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So the visuals, sound and concept are all great and I really enjoyed my time with it but there are two big gripes I had with the gameplay:

1. No indicators of heart rate while in the sleeping quarters and repair status while reparing. I see the game design with only showing those in the main room while stuff is going down, but I would've liked to know when I'm good to advance to the next task I needed to tend to, instead of just blindly guessing when my heart rate was lowered enough or the repairs were finished

2. The button layout feels straight-up awful to use on a qwertz keyboard. I haven't used the x/c/z buttons for main interaction since flash games in 2015 and there is a good reason why q/e/r/f have become the default for doing stuff. Especially without on-screen button prompts when holding the fire extinguisher I think I dropped it instead of using it like 60% of the time. (Also, why is drop/pick up on separate buttons?)

So sadly, I couldn't really enjoy the game to its fullest because it just felt like a chore designed to wreck the bones in my right hand without a gameplay justification for doing so.

Don't get me wrong, the level of polish in all respects (audio, smooth movement, visual fidelity, etc.) is staggering for a game jam! But that doesn't help when most of my mental load while playing is occupied with thinking about which buttons to use :c

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thanks for the feedback! Originally I had plans for each “station” to have some kind of indicator of its condition (there were 3 lights on the generation I planned to use for example), but eventually I decided to just have everything in the center because of time constraints, hoping someone would find it fun figuring out how each each stat changed (clearly it wasn’t fun) Game design is definitely something I need to improve in the future. Also the reason I went for the z x c controls (I shoulda combined z and x) is because I was fresh off of playing hollow knight and I thought it was best, I had no idea what you suggested even was an option😓 thanks again!