thanks for playing my game!
i was never too worried about the reach this game would get, it's more of a silly experiment to test out multiplayer. i do appreciate the thought that the premise was unique; easily the hardest thing about the project was coming up with a neat concept lol
regard your ouija board question, that was indeed the intended way, although i understand if it doesn't necessarily feel like it flows well in the final gameplay. initially, there would have been more unique monsters your other friends could play as so the communication wouldn't have felt as frustrating (there would have been a mummy character that couldn't see very well but could traverse areas the others couldn't); sadly scope creep left them out of the final cut
also incredibly sorry for any bugs you may have encountered! the actual peer synchronization proved to be a bit tougher than i thought it would have been to implement, which is where most of the bugs i found stemmed from. i was really cutting it close regarding the deadline, so it's not up to my standards of polish. a bit of a shame really, but i'm not losing sleep over it.
i'll be sure to check out your game aswell! i've been rather busy so i haven't had the time to check out the other jam entries
once again, thanks for playing and reaching out! means a lot to me!