Interesting idea, has a lot of potential.
You could add in bonus items for example for reaching certain distances that the player can then use at any point during his retries to get him a little further. or even provide a cash amount per step that the player can then use to buy items that either predict or show the path, the more you play the more money you get, the better items you can buy to use.
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