Hey thanks for playing, and the detailed response! Yeah in hindsight the death going back to the main menu instead of reloading in the cave was definitely an oversight. We're going to be releasing an update in the next day or so that fixes some frustration points like that as well as some minor bugs. Still, we definitely appreciate you sticking through it as much as you did. Unfortunately the time-frame of the jam didn't allow for the scope of a full fledged save/checkpoint system, but if it were a larger project it would definitely be a top priority!