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First of all, thank you for playing our game and trying to figure it out! :) We were definitely going for the "lost wandering in the forest forever" feeling. However, there IS a way to exit and the map is not random, so drawing the map should have worked. The game is  puzzle adventure and in order to exit, you should visit two people and two locations first. The people you visit give you items and information, one location has an item you can obtain, and the other location is the exit. You have 5 moves in a day until night falls and the magic of the forest returns you to the meadow where you started. So basically you can wander around/visit one place per day and then start from the middle again. Once you've visited all places, you should discover the way to exit. I will give you a few hints if you like :) 

HINT 1 - Character locations
Since the map is connected in many places, these are not the only ways to get to the people, but they are probably the easiest.
Stranger - from the meadow, go east-east-north-north
Witch - from the meadow, go north-west-through the tunnel-north-west

HINT 2 - The two other locations (these places are mentioned by the above characters)
Lake - given by the stranger. From the meadow, go south-west-west
Cave - this is the exit. Given by the witch (she says it is east from her) so from the meadow, go north-west-through the tunnel-north-east

However, you can't just walk to the exit without visiting the other places. If you do so... Well, give it a try :) 

Once you've visited all places, you should be able to figure out how to unlock the exit and leave the forest. 

HINT 3 - Read only if you've visited all places but still don't know how to exit! 
The cave/exit is guarded by a dragon. The witch tells you the dragon likes shiny things and if you find the lake, you will notice something shiny (gold) in the bottom. But unless you've visited the stranger, you cannot get the gold from the bottom of the lake. The stranger gives you a fishing rod when you visit him, and with this fishing rod, you can get the gold. Now, once you have the gold, you can use it to lure the dragon away from the cave (you will be given the option to leave the gold at the meadow the next time the game returns you there after obtaining the gold). Once you leave the gold at the meadow, you can walk to the exit and this time the dragon will not be there and you can exit the forest :)