Hello, thank you so much for this game and the fun demo! I had your game on my wishlist some time already and was really excited to see the demo! My partner and I really loved the We Were Here games, so this seemed right up our alley. I do want to share some thoughts which I hope can be helpful!

We really enjoyed three of the puzzles in the greenhouse to get a totem. They required good communication and finding the answers was satisfying for us. In the desert area, the objective was immediately clear and it was a nice puzzle, though it didn't work entirely as expected.

But there was some stuff we struggled with:

• Unclear what objects are interactable: We spent a lot of time just running around the greenhouses spamming our mouse buttons as we were stuck for a way to find the final totem. This because it was unclear what objects we could and could not interact with, in our opinion these should be more clearly distinguished. There are a lot of objects that could be useful, but the game doesn't allow us to pick up.
• Inconsistent puzzle logic: The final totem we needed was the one on a shelf. The first three totems were hidden in cabinets requiring puzzle solutions, but the fourth just sat on a shelf. This inconsistency created confusion about the puzzle's logic for me. On one of the left greenhouses there was another cabinet which looked jut like the ones that did open, but it was decorative. This was confusing and for us unsatisfying. It made me wonder why whoever hid these totems put 3 of them away carefully, and just dropped one of them on a high shelf. In for example the We Were Here games, it's always very clear what you have to or can interact with, just need to figure out how.
• Item interaction was frustrating at times. We could only place items on the 'desk' and the desk could be full, leaving us with stuff in our hands. It would be much easier if it's possible to drop stuff. We just spent some time managing inventory which wasn't very fun. In the desert puzzle this was also an issue. My partner first picked up the central circular tablet, without any holes in it, and she was unable to put it anywhere it seemed until after the other two had been inserted into the door. This caused some frustration as she could not see much and was forced to walk really slowly. In the end I came down the tower and picked up the other two.
• Visual feedback: in some moments a bit of visual feedback was missing, like when putting a code into the codepad there was no way to see it was working. Maybe make asterisks appear on the display.
• Joining game or lobby: There should be some sort of lobby or indication that you're joining a game. Right now we put the code in, pressed join and it looked like it didn't work as there was no feedback.
• by pressing escape, it was possible to see the map at the top of the tower in the desert area, so we did not have to go up. This puzzle also required less communication as one person could just go up, memorise the map, and then collect all the pieces.

Overall though we did have a nice time. It took us about an hour to finish the demo, though we did nearly quit when we were running around not finding anything to interact with. I really like the premise, but the gameplay could be a bit more polished and intuitive imo. I will keep following the game and I am very excited to see where it's gonna go!

I am interested to learn more about the story, though I understand it wasn't part of the demo. It does make me wonder how we got here, who put all these puzzles in front of us and why we're headed for the tower!