Loved It
I really hope the gradient rape (along with most of the other stuff) was intentional, but I laughed (If nothing else, the plotline was funny in bad yet good way). I imagine you already know most of the advice that people are giving in their reviews.
One question: when you say recommendations on software do you mean advice for making flash or recommendations on software to use? I could probably give you some advice for either (feel free to PM me)