One of my favorite things I've played so far!! I'd love to see this expanded into a full experience (which it seems like you're already working on based on the description). The art is amazing, and the writing was very compelling as well.
I worked on a narrative-based game as well, and I also experienced the initial rush of ambition and ideas, only to be met with the harsh reality of the deadline near the end of the process. Needless to say, I feel your pain, haha. I think what you were able to get done is still extremely impressive!
Also, I had kind of a funny experience with the opening spinner section: I've been playing a lot of games during this jam that use the "Space" key for interaction, so that's what I tried using to stop it with by default, but it just kept resetting the scene. I sat there for a good two minutes, thinking it was some commentary about monotony (which would align with the themes you described above) before I wisened up and tried something else, haha. I wonder if there would be a way to include something like that intentionally?