It's incredible! I found 5 soldiers and managed to help them all, at first it was sort of meditative, I was just wandering around with no clue where I was going and no goal in sight, just trying to find anyone, then when I started to have objectives it got frustrating, especially when I couldn't find the soldiers again, then at the end I learnt how to use the map (I didn't realize enter was the start key...) and it changed my life! At the end I still had what I thought was a green rope in my inventory but I figured out what it was and I kind of like that I kept it. I wonder if I'm missing a final scene as you mention 'the end', which I didn't really get, maybe I'm still missing soldiers? Maybe I have to press 'leave' on the inventory? My browser seems to have crashed though and now I can't try that. Anyway I really enjoyed this, especially the beautiful character design. (And clicking on dark circles under the eyes felt very poetic, for lack of a better word). Thank you!
edit: just read the introduction again, got it!