Hey Jacob, I'm interested in playing but I can't seem to progress at all.
After I get released into the 3d world, I managed to talk to the tea brewer once, but I haven't managed to talk or interact with anyone or anything else. Sometimes the screen would show a bright frame and a sfx would be heard, but the frame would disappear in a split second.
I can't tell if that is normal but I have a feeling it might be a mixture of a technical or ux issue.
Also holding B down switches back and forth the binoculars very fast. I can't press B fast enough to not trigger a double B press.
Maybe it's a frame-rate dependant issue (I'm playing at more than 60 fps)
Looking forward to playing in the future.
It's hard to clarify because I haven't played this game and I'm don't really know what I'm supposed to be allowed to do, but I played again to give you a better answer:
Right after I'm put into the world, I barely have time to talk to 1 person (like Bill) that then the prompt "The ritual is beginning" shows, the sky changes, but I'm still next to the tea brewer and I have to walk in silence, unable to talk to anyone I think I should be able to, without a prompt appearing "Talk to XXX" all the way until where the ritual beach has the "attend the ritual" prompt.