The character movement and animation is on point. I wish you could have submitted to Game Off and therefore would have be able to share it on GitHub. I'm curious to know what the code looks like - language? - etc. I believe what you have here is a great base for some things to come. You'll find that I've dabbled a lot with a variety of types ( html, css, canvas, threeJS, matterJS Platformer, isometric canvas, etc ), but have yet to enter the true 3D character, 3rd person genre. If you feel like sharing your base, I'm sure I'll have time to turn it into something. If you do, just share a GitHub repo link and I'd be glad to contribute to make something more out of it.
Here's my most recent endeavor - https://itch.io/jam/alchemy-jam-7/rate/4154591