yeah, it can be hard and frustrating at times :/
i just sort of wanted to make the dying cutscene look like you did something terrible, but yeah, it can get old very, very quickly
it's also possible (like you said) to cheese the game by pressing Alt+F4 immediately upon death. this allows you to restart the game much quicker. i left the bug in because it really helped with testing the game by myself and also meant i didn't have to dig into the game's files to delete my save manually. i might try creating a second build with the death cutscene being much shorter so it doesn't slow you down. thanks for the feedback!