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(minor spoilers for players) I enjoyed playing through the game! I love how you're creating a different game than your usual ones and I like the direction its going in. Now for the critiques! The major issue is same as the rest of the comments - the walking starts slow and the whole animation kicks off - that feels very slow, it'd be better if the indicator popped up when walking by an item but I read how you want to keep items hidden, so a workaround might be to give hints after a little time of being lost in the form of thoughts of the main character showing up in a dialogue box - it could be riddles ("I should probably call the store", "Where did I last see paper?  I believe it was in my office.", "What did my superintendent tell me to do? I should get to it!" ) or show the indicator only for a brief window, or maybe bolden or color the interactable items in a slightlyyy different color which can only be noticed if a player is focused enough which might be a good workaround, just some ideas! XD. Then, my game hung when wrong-un told me that my name was written on the wall. I could keep calling the store over and over when I first got the phonebook and called. It might also be helpful if things of notice were written in the journal such as ("Trash outside the police station, its a miracle noone has burnt it yet.", "why is the trash outside the basement window?", "I'm done with the job, I'd best report to ma'am") like little scribbles or thoughts. I got stuck on finding items or how to progress for a long time and coupled with the slow starting movement and having to stutter walk, it took a long time!XD
I enjoyed it and look forward to the full version, (I'll play it as well after you make any changes just to test it out)