Early Access: to play or not to play?

[Fonzman]

I have started playing yesterday and have just reached the courtyard. I still have things to investigate in the jail anyway. The game is so adorable and keeping me on the edge at the same time - its incredible

But now comes my big problem:
Should I play further, fully aware that parts of the game are still missing, and also knowing I will probably not have the time to play the same levels again? Replaying a game - especially with focus on full exploration - is something I cannot affort (timewise) nowadays

Should I just rush through the early access version as far as it goes for now, and keep the exploration for a second play through of the final version?

Or should I explore the early access version now as completely as possible, and just rush through the final version the next time?

I am torn apart right now. The game feels so great, I want to drown fully in it. But otherwise there is the little mouse in my head telling me I'll miss a lot of good stuff if I go to far into the rabbit hole right now...

[Fluke]

When I reached the courtyard, it did cross my mind to stop playing and wait, but I just fell in love with the game so much, I continued on.

What I will say is that once you've thoroughly explored the game and you have a solid grasp of where everything is, you'll find that you can do a run through of everything that is currently there fairly quickly, so I wouldn't worry about having to play through the current parts again. Note that this isn't a criticism of the length of the game - after all, there are people who can beat Dark Souls in under an hour

I'd just go for it, enjoy what's currently there, and file those bug reports if you find 'em