Ill make sure to take another look at the headmasters text effects. I did try to tone it down after realising how buggy they are xD
As for the sandbox, it wont be a large part of the game. The story will be mostly linear, with a large string of events in the middle. The sandbox is mainly for people to choose which characters they wish to spend more time with. However i plan to set it up very linear(such as talk to Iriella, then the story progresses), so that the objective is always clear. The games branching stories largely relies on your choices in certain scenes, not character affection or events. Id love to hear your thoughts or reccomendations on it, as its a system im currently developing.
The free roam nightmare is a testing variable i forgot to change so ill go ahead and change it now for the mext update xD
And as for the name, that was a huge gripe for me as well, while developing the game. There is a way for you to insert a name or rather nickname, for lucerus in the next update. It wont replace his name but works more like a title that everyone will call him, without spoiling too much.
Im glad you enjoyed the story so far!