I think I should be able to "beat" the game later tonight. I just have one last flame to go, I know exactly what I have to do to get it and I have my route planned out already, just gotta execute. I'm still missing a couple of items and I'm up to like 36 or so eggs for now, not too bad for mostly wandering without looking at any outside resources or anything. I also have one candle left to light, but am still missing the match I need for it, and there's still several puzzles I've come across that I don't have answers for yet.
So far I've been enjoying it for the most part. There's some interesting surprises and clever uses for several of the tools, though I do feel like scouring the map for secrets is going to eventually wear itself thin so I'm not sure how deep into the "layers" I'll be willing to go. The idea of community-driven puzzle solving sounds fun in theory but I can't help but interpret that as "extremely obtuse solutions that will involve specific technical knowledge or digging into game files/code" and that's just not something I'm that interested in.