Thx, figured it out after a few tries. But aside from the tortuous grind and the confusing map layout, this game really ticks all my fetishs. It is one of those solid gold gems you find once in a blue moon.You can keep progressing, i believe the area youre in after you get beaten, theres a not so obvious door you can continue going left. Where it may feel like a dead end, you may have to kill the orb/latex monsters to reach it, as they blocked it for me sometimes.