TL;DR
The original idea was for an achievement for completing the game without dying. The follow-up was to have an Ironman mode where the save file is done after death; you have one life!What?
The original idea was to have an achievement attainable by completing the game without a single death. An advanced version of this achievement is finishing Deathworld settings without a death.This resulted in further thoughts of having an "ironman" mode (a combination of the same name mode in Stellaris and how a Minecraft Hardcore world is set up) where once you die, the save file cannot be continued. This can be accompanied by a unique achievement if desired as well.

