Thanks for playing and this great input! We would like to polish a bit more the project after the jam rating is finished, since we started late the project and almost had no time during the jam, so your comments will help a lot to get a better game. We are glad that you liked the atmosphere despite the issues you got :)
The checkpoint thingy was actually intended, kind of like a punishment for players for saving the game and not just speedrun the entire game like true real gamers ;)
(kidding obviously, in case irony was not clear. We will get that one fixed right away! We did overreached there...)