Wow! Thank you so much for playing and for all the feedback! Those are some extremely kind words and I am extremely grateful. I definitely hear you on pretty much everything you said, particularly about how easy it is for a player to lose their bearings. I love the idea of sorta creating "regions" within each major area just by altering the tileset a bit, that one I might have to keep in my back pocket.
Thank you again for playing, it means a lot to me to hear people's experiences with the game, and I'm very glad you enjoyed it!