Hey everybody!
After lots of requests/painful experiences, I am releasing a patch that will make the desert area MUCH less frustrating. The original intent of this game was to make a game that I personally like, and to me, walking for 15 minutes in a straight line through the sand is fun, because I like to RP and get into it like that. However, it's clear that my views are not commonly shared, and so I am tweaking this area. It will now be much more fun and much faster to get around that area.
Expect the patch in the next 30 minutes.