It’s only been a day, but already a ton of people have played the demo and sent feedback! Thanks to everyone who has played and/or streamed the game - it makes me so happy to hear how much people have enjoyed it!
The feedback has been so useful. I’m very glad to be able to fix some of the more common observations right away.
Puzzle fixes
The “Imperial Guard camp by the statue of Kusunoki” clue was misleading, since the game would select it as a valid location for 1868-1899 despite the fact that the statue was only installed in 1900. This has been changed to the more plausible “Imperial Guard camp in the Imperial Palace grounds”, which is correct for 1868-1948.
Bug fixes
The player icon would often cover up pins on the map (postcard locations and stations) making it impossible to click them unless you moved away and back again. Now, mousing over a pin will bring it in front of the player icon, so it can be interacted with normally even if the player pin is right in that location.
The music volume was a little high due to a bug that reset it to maximum - sorry for everyone’s ears. It should now default to a more moderate level.
Music volume can now be accessed at any time from the widget on the right side of the desktop, rather than having to go through the main menu. As a result, the volume options in the main menu have been removed.
Please keep your feedback coming, and remember to leave a review if you liked the demo!