For my understanding do you mean last DemoDay or last time you played?
Last time I played, which is also last time I commented on the game. I don’t know which DD that was, probably either previous or the one before that. As these things go, I probably also recall incorrectly the state of the game back then.
Regarding the objective tracker, just from your personal experience
Hmm, main thing I can say: I don’t mind it being obvious. It should be obvious where to go. It sucks getting stuck because you misunderstand some vague instruction. – Since you’re already writing so much good prose, the indicator for where to investigate could easily be baked into it. You have a journal holding the story so far of the current mystery, and the latest entry always clearly contains the name of the next location "… the urchin running off into the Forest." This also gives a reason to read the prose. ;)
And then the "how many times" requirement on investigation should be removed in favour of just chances and progress made with discoveries at the site. As in current state it’s also silly to get "Investigate Residential 4 times" -> "Investigate Residential 2 times" kind of objectives progress. Why not 6 times immediately? Why not simply until you find a lead that sends you elsewhere?
Btw. I hope/expect you add branching mysteries where some leads may also be dead ends, etc. So it’s not all linear. (But I don’t understand the greater scope yet, it seems that there is more to it than the mysteries. So maybe what I ask for is not needed.)
(and also apologize for the combat music failing to stop itself and droning on forever).
Hehe no worries, it’s a banger.
