Finally got a chance to sit down and finish this one! I really like the style of the sprites and the maps for the most part. I see what you're going for. There's something about your cover art, I feel like you're really selling yourself short. TO ME it makes it feel lower effort than this game actually is, if that makes sense. Like making a cool gift and putting it in boring wrapping paper. I like the reflections on the ice but something about the font doesn't pop out. I dunno haha.
The ending was a little goofy but fun. I like the idea of the snowy research place and the one character we had an introduction to besides our MC perked my interest. And the prosthetic leg! So curious what that's about. The totem puzzle was a solid idea, I think if it had been worked into the lore of the world better it would have made more sense. My silly brain was positive I was spelling "nope" hahaha. Thankfully the last three letters of nope led me in the right direction and I got there.
Few bugs, when I left the to the forest after the camp was destroyed I interacted with a totem once and even though I clicked no when I went back to the camp the damage had been reversed and the gate was again shut. I reloaded an older save, no worries.
My favorite part was exploring the facility at the beginning and I LOVED the look of the big trees in the forest. Those looked really neat.