James - wow, thank you for taking so much time giving me your thoughts on the game. I highly appriciate! It will think through all of this, taking some mental notes - either for my next game or for impoving this one. I did some games already - every time, guys like you are helping me with their feedback, taking me to the next step - this is so awesome!
Regarding the missing books (you are now the 2nd one pointing at this): It takes several visits / lootings to find them. I have a list of high-priority items - in a certain order (axe, hammer, tape etc...). Every time the player picks up one of them, the next one on the list will spawn in the next round. The books are coming fairly late - thinking about this again, I think they should have come earlier, to keep motivation through reward up.
Thanks again! Enjoy the rest of the Jam - wish you best luck.