Wow, thank you for the thorough review and intense playtesting of the game! The paint cube is a pain. This is my first game and my first jam so I was not expecting people to want to complete the full game at all. So I made levels 1-3 cozy and 7-9 an absolute pain because I thought it would be too easy. I thought it would cover both bases of cozy gamers and hardcore enthusiasts. I will rework the cube and make the game more forgiving, rather than nearly impossible, very fair point!
I am glad you like the worldbuilding and design. Employee and lights were not necessary but I really really wanted to add my flair to it for fun. it was important for me to have that in the game.
Aah, you caught my UI bug. Yeah, it takes two clicks because the game somewhat throws you out into the UI so you have to click back in. I tried fixing it but I ended up locking out the player from clicking buttons, so I left it to be fixed later. If it is not game breaking, I had to move onto other features or I wouldn't have a lot of bits done. I specifically put in extra time in qualify of life like sound and volume settings and a working game save structure. Not sure noticeable but cool to work on it.
Thanks again for playing!