What a great concept. I like that it takes the survival concept but forces you to push forward, but is also somewhat in the form of a puzzle.
One problem that I did have was the UI sizing. When I was in windowed mode, I couldn't see the UI and when I was in fullscreen, the UI was cut off, so I was kind of guessing at what I was clicking on.
Regardless, I did reach the end in 24 steps after retrying once, and kind of wished there was a 2nd stage. The art was nice and charming. the music fit the overall aesthetic well and the sounds were spot on.