To state the obvious: there is no respawn. You must refresh the page every time you die. However, it definitely seems like the main problem was scope; you tried to put too much into your first game, and didn't get it done in the right order. Obviously, looking at my submission, I am not innocent of this either; it really is easy to fall into that trap. Overall, I would say that with some post-jam fixing, this could be a pretty good game!