Hello! I'm back for one last really important update. This one dramatically improves the experience and is sort of a dream come true. I would have done this sooner if I thought I could actually manage it. 

I should mention that loading in from the main menu still takes just as long; the trade-off is that there are basically no other loading screens in the game anymore. We went from grueling, 50-second loading screens to instant ones!

Thanks to everyone for trying out the game and streaming/recording it, giving me a lot of playtesting info to make it actually fun.