Hey Oknodian Games,
Thanks for your feedback! Yes, the beginning lacks specific directions, and that was our intention as it mirrors classic Spaghetti Western films. However, I do think it would be a good idea to make the player's goals more clear and maybe add some more landmarks as you say.
Without the Genie and magic sword the lower level and final battle are pretty hard, but I will take your suggestions into consideration when we do an update (hopefully soon).
We are hoping that saves can be ported into the next chapter, but that will likely only work with a downloaded version. The level designer was just thinking that the world felt more real and filled out with the crafting items, and we do hope to add a crafting component to the game with the second Episode.
Again thanks so much for playing and your feedback! We will try to incorporate as many improvements as possible with the next update.