Oh you're totally right about the camera affect at the beginning of the game, it would solve so many problems ! We wanted to keep the game tutorial free as much as possible, but showing the target and make the camera travel through the level would be a great way to present the objective and help the player know where they should be going.
For the colored outline, I wanted that but the artists said otherwise, they wanted colors to be used only for the leash, which I understand. We'll work on that if we extend the game in the future, thank you for your comment !