It doesn't seem like the game was made for this jam. There is nothing in it to reflect the theme "clockwork" and I couldn't spot any metroidvania elements.
For the game itself, I like the art style, but the movement is very lacking. The jumping specifically is very off. It starts off at high velocity then becomes floaty, making it impossible to judge precisely (for me at least)
No need to apologize. My advice is to get some metroidvanias and play them (Metroid, Castlevania, Hollow Knight). Play the jam submissions, there's a few that really embody the classic metroidvania games, like Hickory and A Clockwork Kumquat. The others are great too but they're either experimenting with different concepts or are not complete enough to showcase the genre (my entry falls into that category unfortunately)
