I ended up really needing a break, so I think I’ll opt out of submitting it – but thank you regardless! Would it be okay if I made a new topic here when I do (eventually) upload it to itch.io?
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Absolutely fine, yes. When it's ready, all you need to do is post the link to your project page and I take that to itch and generate a submission link to give you so you can upload from that.
I don't blame you for needing a break, I'm a hobbyist dev too and burnout, IRL stuff affects us all.
If you're interested the second jam is on it's way soon, you could hold off from this and submit your game to that one if you wanted so that you can get some votes/ratings and feedback on your game, the prize pool is being expanded also. I'll leave the decision up to you and good luck with the rest of your project.