That restart bug is happening on my machine as well, I have to close and reopen the game each time.
As far as frustration with the gameplay, I think I'll switch it up so the player can hold any one of the tools in either hand, giving the player an option to hold both the lamp and the bucket, lamp and shotgun or bucket and shotgun. The horror won't be negatively effected, since the player would be choosing whether or not they would rather go tool + shotgun, or go defenseless with just tools and try to evade enemies.
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I think that would work a bit better, or have there be some light inside the house so that the player can set the lamp down inside and still see. As it stands, I really honestly have no idea how I'm supposed to be able to get the bucket, move it somewhere, get the lamp, move it to the bucket, move the bucket outside, get the lamp, rinse and repeat all while trying to get to the well and kill bad guys.