Maybe it's just me, but I felt kind of left out / pushed aside with no background or instructions as to how to play the game. It looks interesting but I never got any further than to the first page.
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I think a little of both, but mostly the gameplay I think. The story sounded interesting enough.
After the game had loaded I just jot a screen with a search box. No intro whatsoever and the little I had read from the Itch.io didn't help me much. I tried various commands but getting the "no results" response numerous times got a bit annoying.