I didn't even consider 2D nodes, i'm too Control-brained from working so hard on my entry, i guess. Plus my other major Godot project is a UI project too. But it certainly isn't unheard of to do it that way so i should've considered it and yeah, way simpler to fix. (BTW, regarding the camera, the mouse and keyboard inputs add together -- probably not intentional, but i did abuse the heck out of it.)
And i definitely should've tried just putting a tortilla on top, but it's hard to think of everything when you're slammed lmaoo
Influencer tastes are crazy