Thank you for sharing your feedback!The slower pace and emptiness was to give more space for a reflective thoughtful experience.
Fun fact about the crowd part; it was at first going to be even longer! But after hearing some feedback in my initial playtesting, I made it quite a bit shorter. I can understand that it's still too long and that the point could be made more quickly.
Anyway, thank you for playing, and I'm glad that you liked it!