Thank you very much for the feedback. I do agree that the map needed more unique landmarks. As often is the case, time was the factor in making more assets to help with that.
Story wise, none of our team were really writers, so we struggled with that part a bit. If we had more time, maybe adding additional animations and camera movement would have added a bit more to the them.
Our artist made the cave tree very large so you could see it above all the others on the map. I guess a short cut-scene with camera movement toward it at start could have helped with giving direction to the player.
Thank you for taking the time to play and leave the detailed feedback! 👍