This looks very good. This seems very intriguing. Atmosphere, sounds, soundtrack. I am very glad that you continued after this game. Also kudos to you for trying your control scheme. I think this only fails in terms of leveldesign, and some parts of the character controller. But it is a very fixable failure. You have so much talent, and thank you for providing the playthrough. I didn't watch it before my attempts. I didn't realize the dagger could break the planks. Now I understand how you can get on the roof. I also tried to throw a stone at the red key, but gave up after a while, thinking I should perhaps reach it in some other way. So my solution was to get up on the church's roof-and drop in. Dying in the process, twice.
Phew. Seriously, I got stuck at the boxes at the curch. Very frustrated. But that box puzzle... I wish I could give you a recording of all the different ways these boxes got wrong. But I try to summarize my problems:
1. The boxes seem to drop almost at random for me. I believe you have some grip strength, and when you rotate too quickly, or you touch something with your box you drop it. This seems extremely sensitive to me.
2. I can't lift them up when I stand on a box next to the box I want to lift up (reach)
3. The boards leading up to the church rooftop are narrow on both sides. Not only do I fall, I get stuck, I get my boxes dropped off, I get my boxes stuck and my boxes drop of those planks.
4. On top of the boards, I need two boxes. I cannot jump on one box, because it is slightly too high.
Having wasted almost twenty minutes getting up on the boxes under your boards, I still have to get these two boxes up there, avoid falling and aligning them, so I can jump on the boxes, and then jump on the board finally leading on top of the church roof. I asume this is where I need either full health or bring another box with me, somehow. Sigh. I gave up on your beautiful and mysterious game. Sorry.