Thanks wobblyfoot, it looks like you were playing one of the previous versions. I've since tried to address many of the confusing aspects and am now pointing the player toward a more linear style of play and working on cleaner and clearer cues and prompts.
I'm still working on polishing and trying to balance linear vs. open world exploration. After watching your vid and considering I'm entering this into a Jam that finishes soon I'm pretty confident that a linear mode is best for now.