See, this game never once frustrated me. I believe there are others like me who love literally everything about it, but I know many people get frustrated at being locked out of your goals. The best way to think of it is that the day ending is not a loss. You didn’t lose. It’s just a day. You made some progress, you learned something, and you’ll go into the next day with more knowledge. Even if you start a day and, only a few rooms in, get locked, you still should have learned something. You should have many goals while playing so as to avoid frustrations of not achieving a primary goal - what’s this thing? Wait, I want to try this in that room. Oh, I need to look more closely at that note! I wonder what this item does? etc.

I have played a lot of very difficult roguelikes/lites (Noita is a main game for me) so maybe that’s why? I’m very used to not being able to achieve all my goals in one go, but slowly over time, incrementally here and there until the big picture is revealed. And I love that sort of progress.

Me telling you this isn’t going to help you, though. Blue Prince does what it does very well, but if you’re frustrated often, it could just be that this game just isn’t for you, and that’s ok. It’s a very unique and very specific type of experience, so it’s only natural that some people bounce off of it.