Thanks, I've never been so sad to delete so much code! It really was a heart wrenching week undoing all the hard work I put into that mode.
When I thought about what freeroam mode was going to contribute to the final game, two things came to mind. The first is this big world where players wouldn't know where to go next, or how to find the next puzzle. The second is all this cool and funny dialog which they might completely skip over by mistake, because they didn't talk to the right person at the right time. So -- I'm hoping Career Mode will be more streamlined and ensure everyone sees the entire story if they want to.
Thanks for checking out my work! I'll have a new version up with a new story for chapter 2, although I'll have to think about how to let players rewind the story mode to experience it if they've already gotten past that point. Maybe a cheat code to undo some of their progress!?! That would be weird, ha ha~