Hello!
Thank you so, so much for the extensive review! I'm so glad you enjoyed the experience past the cave but really appreciate the feedback on that area!
We really wanted to make the player feel as lost as Oshi was in that first level and I was hoping to add more landmarks and visual cues to location, I do agree I would prefer that over a mini-map as the whole concept of that level was for the player to be lost and alone, though it may have been pushed to hard and become somewhat frustrating I'll definitely look into improving it! Once the Jams over I think we'll continue building out the world of Oshi as my personal feeling of failure was not bringing enough life as i'd like to the world and environment!
Again, thank you so so much for the feedback and good luck in the Jam!