-flesh out full mythos, i.e.: where is the player, why is the player here, what is the player trying to get, who is here, what do they thin_ of the player's presence (are they happy? is the player an old face to them?)
YES -should puzzles be sort of secondary to exploration? li_e should most of the game be weird fun and interaction, and then the 'off the rails' parts should be puzzles???
all of the npcs should be stuc_ in a cycle of whatever they're doing, focused on it, hav always been focused on it, maybe it has to do w/ the fact that they are always doing 'night activities'
why?? b/c this allows us to visually arrange levels and not have to open every adjacent file (as much as 4!!) and edit them
go for the feeling of the beginning of eternal sunshine w/ joel's narration, maybe a sense of desperation (does this require urgency?? should the game be time-limited li_e majora's mas_? lol)