Thanks for your comments.
Obviously the game was tested and can actually be completed without collecting additional water, food or money. I made sure of this while coding it as it was important to me.
Every few steps you lose strength, just as you would in real life, so excessive walking around will lead to you running out of energy quickly! Find a 'quick' route and stick to it! Check tree stumps and logs for food only as a last resort as you may get poisoned! Water wells are randomly populated each game restart.
Collect coins to buy armour and weapons - that *will* help save strength during battles.
Confession: there is a small bug in this version. If you purchase something from a shop but then die, when restarting the shop will always be empty. Please download Episode 2 (also free) and V1.1 of this Episode 1 is selectable from the disk menu where this shop bug doesn't happen.
Any other questions, please just ask!