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I think I could have gotten all 3 pieces if I gave it another try, I just had to move on. I think at minimum making it so you don’t have to redo the tutorial section on retry would have been nice (unless that already is in and I didn’t realize). The ideas you have also would work too, maybe a one-time save in certain rooms like (0,0) that you could also choose to retain in memory.