Thanks for playing and for trying to figure out the gameplay! XD
I understand that there is a bar on the right that I need to fill up. It seems like when I click on some of the items on the left that maybe more of the bar will fill up. I'm not sure when it is appropriate to "draw" and when is the right time to "investigate." I saw an "action" button a few times. I'm not sure what "action" does.
The goal here is to have a good set of item in play in order to maximize your investigation stat (pipe icon) and then investigate.
The "action" button activate the location special ability that some locations have. The ability details are written at the right side of the screen.
I played several times and it took me a while to realize there was a map with different locations. Perhaps if you started the level on the map screen, people would see all the locations to begin with and know that they need to visit each one.
Actually I tried to make a game with a lot of elements and it's hard to grasp all of them without a tutorial of some sort. I knew this from the beginnig, but I couldn't make one on time, sadly.
I can see you spent a lot of time on this, hopefully you'll put some more work into it and help out folks like me that can't figure it out.
I'll give you a follow and see if you ever update your game!
Thanks! I'm already working on a post jam update. ^^