The monster gave me a good jump. I wish the string stayed on the ground when i backtracked so i know where I've been already. I spent so long walking around not finding anything I gave up, sorry. But it was a cool tense experience.
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Thanks for trying it!
Unfortunately, for the second act of the game to work properly, the string really can't stay in all the places you've backtracked out of. This was a tricky design decision, but I want you to know this was absolutely a consideration.
If you still want to try and finish the game, here's a small secret: every 10-30 seconds a bright green clue will appear on the ceiling of where to go.