thanks for playing and for the feedback!
I really appreciate you taking the time. I really wanted to give the player a sense of discovery, so I'm glad you experienced that!
as for being confused what to do at times, this was a time management issue.
I really wanted to have CD_Ron (the dude in game) give more guidance and explanation to the player, but as the deadline approached I had to make a decision what to work on during the last few hours and because of other buggy systems I wasn't ever able to fully flesh this out.
I had a blast developing this and feel like it has potential, so this is something I'll definitely work on if I do ultimately decide to keep developing this game further.
thanks again for your thoughts!
edit: forgot to mention why the game likely restarted for you. if the MITE FLEAS (tiny, tiny mites that chase the mouse cursor) hit you, it restarts.
Ron says it but it can be missed and it's really not clear enough at all to the player.
learned a lot in this jam for sure!