Yo, thank you so much for this, seriously.
I'm a solo dev and honestly this is just the earliest alpha I dared to put out - like the very first playable build, basically a rough sketch. So I'm not gonna pretend any of the stuff you mentioned is news to me, you're right across the board and it's all on the list. Just didn't want to wait any longer to start getting feedback from real people.
Really glad the art and tutorial vibe landed for you though, that genuinely keeps me going.
Thanks again, this kind of writeup means a lot when you're working alone.