No worries, I'm glad we could talk about it and I'm happy if I've even slightly helped you. The game is great, that remains!
It is always hard to see what's missing, even in my game it felt like we explained it and it was simple enough, but from an outsider perspective I can understand it's instead too much and might be confusing. Time in a jam is what it is, and I still think every game I played until now is a little gem in a way or another!