Thanks, this is great feedback! A decent tutorial is one of the hardest things to make in a jam game, but you're right it definitely falls a little short in explaining everything. I think all tiles should flip in the direction when moving, it's just that the bone is the least symmetrical, but I probably should disable it for the non-animated item tiles regardless.
Also very right about the font, I tried to use a small font since the game is low-res, but I think I should find another one that's got 1-2 more pixels to work with.