Hello! The timelooping works exactly in the way you describe! In your first ~3 plays you'll die pretty immediately. The point is you play along with 3 of your past reincarnations (haha, we're so proud of the theme and name). So the idea is that you would use your past lives to support your current one! And with more free firepower your past selves already payed for you can get further than they did! Your past lives help you get further. And you're meant to replace the least helpful one with a better one!
Thank you for liking the art! I'm so glad you like it 💚