Add more explicit control around save/load. This still seems to only work sporadically though.

player.lua

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 --   draw_player()  # call in _draw(). Draws the player sprite.
 
 function init_player()
-   player_x, player_y = dget(0), dget(1)
+   player_x, player_y = 0, 0
 
    facing_v = 1
    facing_h = 0
@@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ function handle_input()
    -- note that facing always changes, even if we can't move to the new location
    if legal_move(new_x, new_y) then
       player_x, player_y = new_x, new_y
-      dset(0, player_x)
-      dset(1, player_y)
    end
 end