Hey, thank you for writing all of that!
I definetely can understand why you didn't like the gameplay. I really wanted to make it bad, but I think, that I went too far in a few places. It can definetely come off as "Just bad", rather than "So bad, it's good".
About the modifier implementation... I didn't really know what the modifier was when I was making this game. So there's no real implementation of it.
And don't worry, a LOT of people had trouble with the exact part you got stuck on. It is possible to beat tho, people that playtested it got thru.
Thanks for feedback and take care
(Also, sorry if my English sucks, I'm not a native speaker)