While I have a few gripes with some things, I will say that as a prototype I am immensely impressed with the overall project. I look forward to seeing what comes of this.
Demo seems great and I look forward to the finished product. Only criticism I feel I should mention is the slowdown when walking/running on specific surfaces seems jarring and out of place.
I just want to say that I absolutely love the changes to the story that I've seen so far. The interpersonal interaction changes really are quite precious.
How long does it take to verify files? I had to uninstall and reinstall because my antivirus was deleting files because it freaked out when I tried to update, but it's been stuck at checking integrity 0% for some time now.