this game is quite brutal. i managed to make it 710 meters into the desert. from what i see in the description i assume it's the last area you were talking about?
well if you're careful about it you could get enough supplies to be able to make it if you don't take the detour. so the first reason doesn't really apply.
and how come you'd be able to resist the compulsion the second time around but not the first time?
somehow i did it first try even. either i'm lucky or the game is a bit too easy. next time i might just see what happens if i use the do nothing interaction on every event just for shits and giggles.
it seems that even if i abuse the water pickup bug i can't bring enough water to win without looping. if only i could skip the reflection the first time around.
so. will there eventually be more characters to play as, and if so will all their weapons fit the theme so far of melee weapons being blades and ranged weapons being pistols?
i struggled and got another ending by going farther than the game told me to even though all the text and my controls ended up being upside down. i could barely read the end text. how many endings are there? was there somewhere i was supposed to go instead of dying far enough to the left?
well if you wanted to show them in a not too obvious way you could have the jackal already conveniently shown on the screen visibly become more injured or distressed.