Thank you for enjoying the game! I'm very glad you liked it.
Another player also commented on the theme integration. I'm a bit sorry to say I'm actually not very familiar with Connor's content (I only found out his name after playing other games haha). I just found the jam on itch so I was just here to do game dev and participate in a game jam. When the theme was revealed I just equate it with "friends" so my idea was making a game about animal friends.
But either way thank you for enjoying the game!