Oh did you miss the submission for the game jam? I can't find it on the list
Yes (was building when the deadline had passed), we did for the above reasons.. had to then just make some level coherence done with the hours leading to it.
I thought of making a test build before but cancelled it with the great amount of work to be done (and yes first builds take less time I just built a similar project and felt good with its speed). I've updated the page with more info, tho.