Wow! Very thourough review, thanks.
I'm really glad you loved the atmosphere, and I think that was sorta my main goal with this game in a way. I really understand all of your complaints, and I was almost kinda expecting that, since I didn't really have time to make the game fun and playable, more just a walk in the woods hoping for the best. I see how you might feel a sense of meaningless in the game, since its really either quite difficult or too easy to find your house (yes there is a house you can find). I might make some form of way-markers if I were to go on with this game in the future. Sorry for the tree interaction difficulty, I didn't realize that I made it so tough because I got used to it really fast.
Thanks for the comment, I appreciate all of what you said!