Thanks very much for this affirming and very specific feedback.
I have changed the game to include your two suggestions, they astutely captured and solved what was missing/off.
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You're welcome, I'm sorry that itch.io turned the formatting of my response into...an escher flash fiction piece, lol. I realized after going through a few other entries that you actually added quite a bit to this jam! In fact, I was looking at once of your other entries and thought to myself, "This fits what I was telling them! I have to link...oh, wait, they're the one that made this" haha.
You must feel very passionate about this topic and that wonderful thing to be inspired by in this world. Because what you do really does feel like "art" without the commercialism (the kind I recall growing up with a bit). But I'm glad I was able to help you a little bit. Keep on doing what you're doing!