When the game is displayed on the web page, I feel that the window size is a bit too small.
After I click "Swim across the river", there is an error in the program.
This is a very interesting story, and I like the setting of reputation. The Talking Worm caught the player's attention from the beginning and kept the player playing.
One thing you might want to change is that after the game is over, when the player presses "begin" to restart the game, reputation and health are not recalculated.
I would add (set: $reputation to 50) (set: $health to 100) in the start passage to reset the data.
Looking forward to seeing the pictures in the game!