I understand that the point of the game is that it is difficult, but I really don't think it makes sense for the character to arrive in a completely unknown world if he hasn't even been provided with a flashlight, some food and at least a pickaxe to be able to cut through the rubble.
Even in one of the runs I played I ended up soflocked because right next to it there was a hole that I couldn't get out of even by digging.