Hey, thanks for the feedback! Glad you enjoyed the game!
About custom actions: once they unlock, you can use them at any point in the story. Nothing forces you to spend them early or save for later
One more tip: open the in-game menu. From there you can also use items in your inventory and interact with the characters you’ve met! It’s another way to steer the story beyond the offered choices.
We spent a long time on this balance. Some games give you only pre-written choices, and others make you type every action yourself. We wanted something in between: you can always go off-script with free input, but you don’t have to keep making up and writing every move, which can leave you staring at a blank.