Hello! Yes, we wanted to get so much more in, but alas, where the mind was willing, the body hath failed! :D We had intended to do an in-game tutorial and some voice overs that would have explained so much of the stuff your comments have been about, unfortunately we were not able to finish them in time.
I have added some more information in the description to explain some of this, as well as a short video clip with some sample gameplay in the starting area to help illustrate it some. :) You can find it here: Gameplay Clip