Hey, wow! Thanks for playing my game (and the others) and giving really detailed feedback. I'm glad you liked it, and also completely understand how it frustrated you at the end. The Dog/Cat paths are probably impossible in the current iteration, unfortunately I ran short on time, and didn't get to implement the additional skills for them I originally planned. Sorry! I do plan to update this after the jam. But tbh you've seen most of the content already. In any case, thanks again!
Edit: oh, and I'll look into items not working (they should! so not sure what's going on there) thanks!