I appreciate the feedback. Yeah, I had the feeling that the game might end up being a bit too difficult when we were finished with our submission and yep the stamina is meant to be used pretty exclusively to escape, although it can be used otherwise too for sure :). In the beginning segment the easiest way to progress will be to escape the enemy back towards the beginning of the game to make him into "search mode" and then to try to avoid him.
Thank you very much for playing and commenting!