Hello again, thank you for all your feedback concerning the sound volume issues and how it reset upon dying.
I just added an option for volume control in the game's menu header. Whenever you select an option (Max, 75%, 50%, or off) it automatically saves in a new options .ini file located in the game's main folder. Upon starting the game up (or after you die, which reboots the game too) the first thing the game does is pull that value from the options .ini and sets the main volume accordingly.
This should fix all the volume issues ːsteamhappyː