A wonderful prologue, as it were, to grander schemes. I look forward to the sequel eee
Gonna be perfectly honest here, while I do enjoy the change of pace this provides from other VNs with things done differently, I wasn't really a fan of what I saw so far, unfortunately (although you did say that this was a very early build, and while I do see the potential of the idea, I don't think it's realized yet).
However, the setting this world is in is very interesting and new, I never saw any similar uses of liminal spaces in any story before. I also find interesting the fact that so far, this seems to be quite separated from the WYSAPOOMP-verse, gives a little break before the next VN from that universe comes in.
The focus here was clearly spent on making a game here, and not a story, though, so the gameplay elements are what I'll focus on. And sad to say I'm not a fan of memory games, or trying to map the places to see where I haven't been before. That's definitely a me issue however, so I could completely see other people enjoy those mechanics a lot more than I do.
As I said before, the story didn't seem to be a focus so far, and so there's not really any plot to this? Which is a shame in my opinion, but again, personnal preferences.
Overall, I'd say this game isn't bad, but it's definitely not my thing. And hey, even then, all of your other VNs are more than worth a shot! ^^
Good job on making this game, Witching!!