i know the game isn't very polishedd, but it isn't that easy, and i don't personally think the problems you have mentioned are game breaking, because even if you can stop the enemies for a moment, it serves no purpose because as soon as you abort the transformation they can immediatly go back at running towards you or away from various knifes, and stopping falls is not very usefull exepct for the obvios stop to think about your next move, i know it might make the game easier/slow because you have more time to think about your moves, but i thought of the game to be an adventure that you can aproach however you want, the game is far from perfect but i personally think it is good for a beginner solo dev with a 4 day deadline, just like me
hope you had fun while playing