I just downloaded and played the demo. Love the atmosphere and the puzzle elements. The commands I had to use weren't that much more intuitive than old IF games. It did drive me really mad at some points, trying to guess what command to use. I assume that's something that's going to be improved of course.
I'd like to know about the always-connected condition though. Is that because the AI is running server-side, or is it simply to collect information for improvement?