despite the current state of things, I think the concepts in here are pretty great. I was able to get pulled in to the scene from your hook, and I'm pretty excited to see where you take it. Feels like a Souls-esque game, which, "more please!" I could see the number of lanterns extinguished increasing the chance of the woodsman finding the players, but also providing information on the trick or changing the woodsman in some way that creates a more dire and unexpected encounter.
As you know from my last submission, I'm a sucker for procedurally generated tools, and this looks like it could be super fun to use. Keep pushing, the shape of it rn now is intriguing and I'm sure it will be awesome once you get the time to finish.
I hope you're well.