Thank you so much for your thoughtful feedback and for giving our game a chance! As for your issues, I will firstly offer a blanket admission - We were working at break-neck speed and had to surrender some of the frames to the god of necessity.
1- This was the first scene we ever put together, I really dislike almost everything about it and agree about the lighting. We're constantly updating the game and intend to go over some of the things we're unhappy with before the full episode 2 release.
2- You know, my counterpart dev very much agrees with you on this one.
3-4- Yeah. I think there are so many little things I will be fixing up in the coming weeks. Thanks for pointing them out.
Overall, as new devs, we just tried to play to our strengths, which were the visuals, design and hopefully the writing. I'm so glad to see you responded to those aspects. As for our research, we really did consult a handful of books I happened to have in my library as well as various online resources. We wanted accuracy but not at the expense of the stories needs. We had hoped that anyone familiar with ceremonial magick would be surprised by the authenticity of the ritual. Thanks again for taking the time to play!