Act 1 "First Pass" update

I am currently working on a “first pass” version of the Act 1 build. The writing, branching paths, and overall game logic will be in place, but most of the music, sound effects, and character sprites will be missing for now. My plan is to share this early build with a small group of people to gather feedback. The goal is to identify any major issues with the writing before I start polishing up the presentation, so there is a possibility that there could be big changes in the writing between this demo and the "proper" Act 1 release.

This build will still use the placeholder AI art from the prototype demo, since I have not found an artist yet. I fully intend to replace these assets with proper human-made artwork in the future. Itch has a feature that lets me share early builds with specific users, but I need to manually approve each one, so if you are interested in testing this very early version, please let me know so I can include you when it is ready.