This was quite hard! I haven't played Jonas's game yet, although I watch his devlogs. Even so, it took me some time to figure out how this game works. (I only watched the gameplay video after I finished the game.)
Maybe when you connect poles 1 and 2, you should automatically be holding the string for pole 2. I didn't know you had to grab the string from the next pole to connect it to the previous one.
If you're planning on updating post-jam, you can also smoothen the camera follow.
But I loved the concept. It's a novel idea and your theme is strong.