Thank you for playing our game and for the feedback! I agree, many of us give without remembering to give back to ourselves after. It's incredibly important to maintain that cycle of replenishing the energy and kindness you expend on others. The circular mask was a feature that we enjoyed a lot when our programmer showed it to us, but now that you mention it it would be fun to explore some other ways to see through the trees!
We have some mention a softlock that doesn't seem to be the ones we've intentionally added, which we will be looking into when continuing, and hopefully this isn't the one you're referring to. But I hope you're able to beat it on your next attempt. Once again thank you for kind words and suggestions :)