Trees Hate You

Implement an optional Easy/Baby mode that reduces lethal unfair-feeling deaths (e.g., sudden falling trees) and eases chase/gauntlet tuning so more players can reach early flags without rage-quitting. This directly addresses repeated feedback that the game is "too hard" and requests for an easier difficulty.

Add additional flags/checkpoints after major challenges (e.g., before/after the hole sequence, before the second sign, and after difficult setpieces) so players rarely redo more than ~30 seconds of solved content. Players repeatedly report checkpoints are too sparse and redoing long sections is boring.

Add a clear, skippable tutorial that explicitly teaches core actions (including whether jump exists) and provide a "Replay Tutorial" option in the menu. Players who skipped the how-to are confused about basic movement and how to reach early steps/areas.

Introduce optional in-game hint prompts near commonly blocking segments (e.g., the root part, early coin, section 4 checkpoint progression) and allow players to request a hint from pause. Multiple comments ask how to pass specific parts, indicating a need for lightweight guidance without removing challenge.