Game, not a visual novel.
Games have challenges you have to solve.
Visual novels lead you by the hand.
Does anyone actually read the narratives or look at the details in the game?.
All the clues you need to solve everything are within the game.
The game is simple, what people, who have difficulty with it lack, is patience, they want to rush through the game as fast as possible without putting any effort into it.
Tinkerer could have made the game a visual novel but it would never have reached it's present level of popularity.
Rant over.
Back to starting a new game of PQ, should finish it in time for the release of the bug free update.