Thanks for playing!
One thing that confused me is that sometimes the flag takes a really long time to activate and other times it doesn't and it wasn't very clear how long it would be until I tried
Thats a fair point, it is based if you are safe on the flag or not. Maybe I should explain it with something.
Also maybe saving isn't added yet but my game did not save progress when I tried starting it again
The game autosaves so this is strange, I will need to check if I changed something. What operative system are you running? Do your system ask for permission to save files on your pc?