Thanks for playing Reactorecore, that's awesome you played the first Evidence of Life game too.
Thank you for the feedback,I hope you play some more, it will make more sense after a while.
Some info to help you,
The game saves when exiting and entering your small ship, says "Saving" on the screen to let you know.
Your stuff spills out on the ground when you die and a marker is placed on your minimap, you can go back and get it. Ten mins until despawn.
Your small ship is your main storage, you wont lose things from there so good to store your spare stuff regularly.