The visuals are inspired by traditional Chinese landscape paintings and classical Chinese opera, particularly the scenery of the Yangtze Delta .
You must find "clues between the lines" in dialogues, record them, and then combine them to solve complex puzzles and advance the plot .
Increasing the number of clues players can record (up to 15) and adding an option to filter for only "useable clues" to prevent the interface from becoming cluttered .
Regarding the specific update, developer notes from that period generally focused on:
The core "interesting feature" of the game is its :
You possess a magic mirror that allows you to see through lies and uncover hidden secrets during conversations with NPCs .
Optimizing walking speed, adding more initial archive slots for saving, and improving "fault tolerance" for searching clues . Tales of the Mirror guide - Steam Community