This is all awesome feedback! We definitely had plans to let the story shine through more with Soulsight (so you could actually figure out exactly what happened through the town by finding things that used to be there ... or even NPCs!) but sadly we ran out of time. It's definitely something we want to implement in the future, though!
And yeah, the clouds are a remnant of early development, haha. They'll be fixed shortly!
Thanks so much for the feedback. We first-time game-makers really appreciate it! :D