Man, am I forever grateful to my workplace for having a 100% WFH option. Though, being physically in Ukraine, going to the office in the center of Kyiv regularly would be dangerous enough.
Failing early is normal - your runs will get more consistent as you progress in the game across multiple days. And when they do, that's when it really hooks you.
I'm switching between Blue Prince and some other games, but it's still such a good time whenever I play it. But then again, I'm a fan of both roguelikes and puzzle games. Just didn't expect these two genres to mesh so well.
To quote one of my favourite book series of all times (Mistborn): "There's always another secret".
No, it's just spending three times as much effort into fixing the slop as you'd spend coding yourself