Take this opinion with salt because I freely admit I'm an idiot. But the first few real puzzles in the office are not only poorly telegraphed, but also completely nonsensical in a game that is clearly trying to immerse you into an ominous setting that takes itself seriously. (imho obv).

Like yeah I get it, adventure games are known for moon logic, but devs, if you're going to try to make a game about a park ranger in a small town doing detective work on missing people maybe don't make the ranger's lockers locked by totally alien padlocks you need to find glow in the dark zodiac symbols to unlock? Seems kinda wacky for the tone you're trying to set, no?

cool indie hidden object game
it was fun puzzles
smooth cutscene
good luck for your next project!

When I saw this game I quickly downloaded and excitedly started my journey. What started as a promising and beautifully rendered adventure game descended into a mire of point and click puzzle tropes from days gone by. The awkwardly shoehorned puzzles quickly broke the story immersion which been being developed. About 20 minutes I realized I was playing a game that I could have seen as a Flash browser game 20 years ago. As a software developer there's no lack of appreciation on my part to how much work goes into building games, especially the world building aspect. So to go through this much effort to build a beautiful, relatable world only to destroy it with puzzles that serve little functional purpose or even literary device just boggles my mind. I wanted to enjoy this game going into it but simply couldn't. I know not every studio is Cyan Worlds and not every game is part of the Myst series, but if you're going to chose to stand on someone's shoulders, why not stand on someone a little taller than the browser games of the 00s. I can only assume Chapters 2 and onward will have a fee associated with them. I am not hooked and will likely not pay that fee.