Holy shit Michel, I'm so glad my game meant so much to you! I had no idea it would impact anybody this deeply, but this is absolutely awesome. Thank you so much for sharing that – I can't say this without it sounding like a platitude, but seriously, it means a ton to me that you enjoyed it this much.
And thanks so much for the in-depth review, too. I agree that the in-game navigation is kind of iffy – that was largely a side effect of my inexperience with Twine. (I originally wanted to integrate a search bar like a real wiki would have, but couldn't figure out how to do that before the assignment was due.) Talos Machine wound up being constrained to pretty much just a choose-your-own-adventure experience because of that. But I'm planning to expand upon this concept in the future (possibly a full release, but no promises!) and if I do, it'll definitely take your critique into account.
Again, thank you so much for this feedback – I can't reiterate that enough – and I hope you're doing well!
-- Aidan
(PS. A game with similar singularity sci-fi themes is Universal Paperclips, if you're interested.)