LOL. It goes without saying that you have my vote!
(uhm, how do we vote, anyway?)
Say, if the powers that be at the competition do not agree to allow the incorporation of more functioning buttons, do you think that you could submit the current version for the contest and then add the new functions for the public in the next version?
That would seem fair to the contest and it wouldn't force quite as long a delay in development. No big deal if it must be delayed, but . . . I had to ask.
Good luck, and thanks again.