Wow, amazing! I had no idea you could sequence-break your way into actually finishing the on-time version. I really thought it was impossible.
As you can see from the submission time (37 seconds left!) I pretty much ran out of time and barely even managed to make the deadline. It was so down to the wire that I didn't even get time to play my submitted version to realize I mistakenly left in a murderous kitten in the first room for testing purposes.
I think the post jam version released a mere 90 minutes after the deadline fixes essentially all the issues you brought up, although it still has a few unfortunate quirks. I think I will do another small update when the jam is over to "finalize" the game. Thanks so much for playing and for the super detailed review!!