Thank you so much for taking the time to play it completely cold and write such detailed feedback.
First-time impressions without any prior knowledge are probably the most valuable kind of feedback for me, and your notes gave me a lot to think about.
I definitely want to add a clearer control prompt after the captcha screen.
I also want to revisit the initial language selection. You're right — if someone confirms it reflexively, they can suddenly end up reading text in a language they don't understand. I'm not sure yet how far I can take it technically, but I'd like to find a smarter solution. It actually feels like a fun design problem to work on.
As for the first bug fix: once you're transferred to the village, you'll see that one of the old NPCs has become enormous. That's the first bug you fix.
I don't want to explain too much because it gets into spoiler territory, but that particular bug can be fixed in about a minute if you go straight for it.
And again, thank you. This kind of detailed first-time feedback is incredibly useful.