I’ll be really honest, it was a design choice, and I am kind of a jerk for it lol. It’s supposed to reference back to the player consent form at the beginning where it says we can reset your progress for anything “technically speaking, your fault.” It sounded like a good idea to me at 5:30 am when I submitted this, but yeah, in practice it makes zero sense other than just frustrating. It’s one of the first things I’ll fix when the jam is over. I’m sorry about that frustration. Thank you for playing though, and for the kind words!