These issues have been fixed for a while now. I just didn't have a chance to reupload before the contest deadline. Thank you for pointing them out however!
As for Link Attacks, this will be solved by having a party of 4 instead of 3. So that's two Link pairs.
I do want to display enemy buffs and debuffs as well, believe me. I just haven't managed to find something that works with my setup yet. But I will certainly keep trying. Something like that will be added down the line.
As for the plot, yes, there will be more time taken for introductions in later versions. This prototype had to be truncated for the sake of the contest. It's easily the weakest part of the game right now. But it is my intention to improve that.
Regarding Gunnar and his guns... there's a very good reason for why he's not using guns in New Theory, when he does in Desire. But I'll refrain from explaining too deeply for spoiler reasons.