Hi!! I first played through this game about a year ago, and I really liked it. I thought the developer commentary was too pessimistic and self-loathing, though. You didn't give yourself enough credit for how good of a job you did. I've been checking back at your Itch page periodically in hopes that you made something new. I really hope you eventually decide on that, and I hope you're doing okay. Please make another game, even if you think it sucks!
Yeah. Game dev is hard, life is busy and about a million prototypes later I've yet to find a solid foundation for something that's enjoyable to play. Should probably just stop trying to make things perfect to get out of the endless loop of "Nope! Not this!" and release something no matter how incomplete or small the end result might be.