I definitely think you should work on polishing this game for SMVM and submitting again. I'll admit that I could not solve any of the puzzles without the guide. Its a good thing you've included it because I could at least understand what I was missing. I think if you focus on making the puzzle hints clearer to the player, you'll increase the quality of the game. The puzzle design itself makes sense on paper, but the execution was unfortunately off.
Congrats on submitting though. That's accomplishment in itself!