Hey there,
While hitting a rat in the head with my fist during the tutorial, I passed away, I assume because it's one seriously bad rat.
I saw a notice that I'd have to find my way out of the dead area and saw my toon appear. I moved forward one step and began falling. I fell for about 10 seconds then it showed a loading screen. Then I fell for another 10 seconds. Then another loading screen. Then I fell again. You can see where this is going.
I tried to shut down the game, but eventually had to shut it down via the task manager.
I haven't tried logging back in, as I suspect it's a bug and if it's not, I wanted to ask what I might have to do to make it out of the dead area, if it doesn't involve walking forward. With the rats being as tough as they are, I imagine I'll be dying quite a bit once I run across a foe with opposable thumbs.
Thanks very much.