You know you're right, this would have worked well for Duality. Probably better than my game last year. :)
I'm really happy the librarian meta story worked. I wasn't sure until it came together but now I think it's the strongest part of the game. As for the bugs, yup you've found the big ones! Turns out it was only 20 min to fix them all post jam. Oh well, next time I'll stop cramming stuff in earlier and test it properly. Hopefully.