Thank you very much for the criticism! I appreciate it a lot.
You're spot on for the inspiration, presentation-wise I'm a huge fan of Crystalis and wanted to harken back to that. I'm a huge fan of light puzzles, but it seems like a lot of people get stuck on it long enough to break the flow...
That's unfortunate, but it's also a wonderful demonstration that sometimes my wavelength ain't the same as other folks'. You're probably right, it might be better to just figure out something action-focused to throw people into right away. I'll going to need to think of a way to streamline things a little bit.
Most of the knowledge I gained from this I'll probably take to my next project and finalize Calandria up with some polish and a couple fleshed out areas; that being said, I appreciate the feedback all of the same! Thank you again for the criticism!