Wahhh thank you!! I'm so flattered you enjoyed the graphics (and that it helped you stick around for a little bit longer LOL)! 
Our team was originally hoping to make the world more immersive by having less tutorial-like elements in the game, but I think the consensus is that that wasn't the best idea, hahaha! More frustrating for the player, which we don't want. We definitely should have thought about adding more cues in lieu of a tutorial to guide the user along, and will definitely put that on our to-do list for next time! ^ ㅡ^
Thank you for playing through, even though it was a bit frustrating!!