Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm glad you're interested in the lore.
And a huge thank you for finding that critical respawn bug. That's a very important issue I hadn't noticed myself. You were spot on, a reference was getting lost and causing the player to not reappear.
Because of your report, I'm uploading an urgent patch to fix it right now! Seriously, this kind of feedback is incredibly helpful. Thanks again!