Hello, first of all thank you so much for playing our game and giving such an in-depth review!
Thanks for letting us know about the issues you encountered! We unfortunately didn't have enough time for testing and balancing the game at the end, even with the extra day. Some of the things you mentioned were on our "nice to have" list (such as a quest tracker or stirring improvements) but we barely got to implement one or two things from the top and had give up on the rest. There are also some other things you mentioned that we didn't even think of, including having an actual end of the game (even if it sounds obvious lol).
I don't know if we're gonna update the game, since during brainstorming we got some ideas which are probably a bit better for a long-term project, but thanks again for all the feedback and good luck with future games!