Hey, congrats on completing it and it hasn't even been 24 hours since the release.
I did go over your notes and found them agreeable. The hscene at the end is going to get more animation work and have multiple camera angles options other then the 360° default. The equipable candle is in that build and you need to open up your inventory (in a spot away from thorn) and combine it with the lighter. I think making the lighter just about useless other then candles interactions was a mistake. It and the lantern are getting buffed. The reason it didnt get hotkey was the original '1' hot key was going to be a different item that sadly had to get cut to honor the deadline. I will let you guess what item that was. As you discovered the second area while it looks good needs some further tweaking and player guidance.