A downloadable confounding game

The goal is to figure out the rules and reveal all of the hidden words in this image.

main rules

Each arrow represent a transformation of one word into another one.
The color of the arrow is the specific rule behind that transformation. (for example, a color could mean "change all E's to I's", which leads to THEN -> THIN)
The intermediate word between two arrows must be a valid english word.

Hint : bar neebj punatrf n jbeq yvgrenyyl, bar punatrf n jbeq cubargvpnyyl, naq bar punatrf n jbeq svthengviryl

Special thanks to the Icely Server and specifically Fox Chaotica for helping me a bit with this game

made for the confounding calendar

https://confoundingcalendar.itch.io/

Updated 7 days ago
StatusReleased
AuthorStingby12
GenrePuzzle
TagsShort, Word game

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(+2)

So: I haven't given up on this, but also I'll admit I'm more than a little stymied.  (Obviously, since it's mid-January and I'm still working on it.)  Can you confirm that the white arrow means (following in rot13 for spoilers)

ghea gur jbeq vagb nabgure jbeq va vgf pngrtbel, fb gung "gba" -> "cbhaq" (jrvtugf) naq "cbhaq" -> "rheb" (pheerapl

though if that's right, I don't know what's below "hear" (I'm assuming that "two parallel arrows" means "you can use this transformation in two different ways to get from A to B".  Like, "read -> lead" could be connected with two arrows that mean "rhyme", because they rhyme as present-tense/opposite-of-follow and also as past-tense/metal-element.)

The problem I'm hitting is that there's no independent evidence for orange and blue, only for them together.  I want, based on the above, for

gur fgrc orgjrra "gerr" naq "pbssrr" gb or "grn", jurer gur juvgr neebj vf gur pngrtbel fhofgvghgvba, naq gur benatr neebj vf...eulzvat?  Ohg V qba'g xabj ubj gb genafsbez "erq" vagb fbzrguvat gung eulzrf jvgu "gerr".  (Naq gura gur guvat orybj "gurr" jbhyqa'g or havdhryl qrgrezvarq; n ybg bs guvatf eulzr jvgu vg.)

Want to offer a nudge in the right direction?

(+1)

After a lot of thinking I added an hint to help you out