So, I just realized that the game is actually out of order at the moment. The level that you jump to after pressing play is actually the last level of the game, which explains the difficulty problems people have been having. I will upload the proper version of the game after the jam is over! Oops!
In the meantime, you can try out the proper game here: https://greencheese333.itch.io/sole-survivor-proper. I would really appreciate if I could still get some feedback!