Hi,
Thanks for trying it out! I do want to keep working on this game if I can.
Yeah, the instructions weren't super clear. Your warmth will always decrease even if you have the orb; having the orb simply slows down the decrease rate. This is so that if you don't execute a level in the correct way, you will always die and be able to restart.
The first level is holding right and jumping over the obstacles until you reach the other side of the screen, where you move to the other level. There aren't any indicators that would tell you that, since many platformers have seamless transitions like that, I'm just not good enough (oops!)
There is a step by step on how to solve the puzzles if you scroll down the game page. If you try again, let me know. Thank you very much!