This was great! It took me a moment to figure out what I was supposed to do, but once I got into the swing of things I was able to follow along with the plot well enough. Some parts were a bit ambiguous as to what my goal was for each message which led to a lot of random clicking around on things (the safety system install comes to mind). For this reason I would have definitely enjoyed less 'loading' screens. haha.
Overall, it is a really solid entry! Barring a few grammatical errors, everything was super well polished and clean! I really enjoyed the story and it fit the theme of "Its Spreading" quite well with the narrative. I might have another crack at it after playing some other entries to see if there are some other outcomes since I pretty much immediately killed the drone on the first 'snapshot' mission. haha.
Great entry!
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haha yes, the 'loading' screen. At some point I scrapped them but it felt really weird for things to just pop up. I definitely should make them faster. Thank you for playing! Balancing a puzzle game is a true challenge when you already know the answers, so it helps a lot to know where players get stuck.