Hi Spirit! I'll answer your questions to the other post here as well. :)
- Yes, the downloaded version is still HTML-based, so it plays through a browser. I wouldn't recommend you run anything through Internet Explorer, though, since that's officially a dead browser. I'd try Chrome and see what happens.
- When you play the itch.io browser version of the game and the downloaded version, they technically count as different game instances, so the browser saves are different. However, you can still play your old game by going to the itch.io version, saving the game to disk, and then going into the downloaded version and loading the save file from disk. Bit convoluted, but this should work.
- Not really sure what's happening with your choice panel. Can you save your game and send it to adam.ryncraft@gmail.com, along with a screenshot of what's going on your desktop?
- In terms of sound, sometimes when you load the game, the game doesn't remember what music or sound was triggered. It tends to fix itself once you go to an area where new music and sound is triggered, like the main camp. Not sure if that helps.
- The bioregeneration isn't a bug, it's a feature. :D In the tutorial, Esra gives you plant bits, so you heal in combat. Benefits of being human. That said, if it's triggering before you even meet Esra, that's probably a bug.
Hopefully some of this helps, but if not, email me with the deets and the save file! That's the best way I've found to troubleshoot this stuff.