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I think the big difference this time, is that I managed to stick with it long enough until I started getting the feeling of getting somewhere. I'm fine with being lost in games (in fact I really enjoy it) but somehow in Rain World it was a little too much.
And also just being bolder helped. On my past few attempts I was playing hyper careful. Never straying too far from my shelter, not going out to explore until my food meter was full, always taking a break to get my krama back up after every death. Barely making any progress coupled with not knowing what progress even meant kind of just made me drop it.
Oh and getting stuck in Drainage System didn't help either, even though it made me a lot more confident at swimming, so finding Shoreline on this run was a breeze.