Thanks for giving it a try with your buddy! Totally understand your point - this is definitely a niche genre. It’s built specifically around meta-humor, misdirection, and puzzle-mechanics where signs and logic can actively work against you. If you're not into mazes, trick puzzles, or rage-lite mechanics, it can definitely feel more frustrating than fun.
It's not trying to be a deep narrative or a serious adventure; it's a tight interactive experiment/troll-puzzle game where figuring out how the game is messing with you is the gameplay loop. And it has a beginning, it has an end (final room), and that half-puzzle, half-troll journey from Start to End. Pretty much a game if you ask me :D
Appreciate the honest feedback anyway, and glad at least the torch scares gave you and your friend a few laughs!
P.S. You better not try Escape Room games on Steam - they force you to stop every 10-15 minutes because you have no idea what to do, unless you run through every room and item all over again to connect the dots. Not that fun unless you're a real escape room lover.
P.S. What would you personally recommend adding to the game to make it feel like a proper game to you? Thanks!