Awesome, thanks for playing. If you have any further feedback on the game please consider joining our discord. One thing we need to make more clear is you have to be standing to hit the guards with the brick - no crouching ;)
There is a checkpoint system but we don't at the moment tell you when the game saves - future feature. Instead after you die, just hit the continue button on the main menu instead of the start button.
I love your brick idea about using mangled bricks to hit the guards! Thanks again for playing!