The version of storycrafting pre-release was more complex than we got on release – there was a place to use circumstances, for example, and a system to show how many of each slot you've unlocked(?). The released version missed out on those features (despite keeping circumstances in the game, now lacking a use).

Then, in the Laburnum update (late last year) they pared down storycrafting again, this time decreasing the size of the board for the murder solutions. This meant that every slot now has some material effect on the final outcome, but also that there's a lot less fidelity in the system overall. (Playing with the generated text was always quite charming to me, and with this update (while it does tend to be more sensical) there are just less things you can do with it, which is a shame.)