Thank you so much for playing and for the feedback!
Just to clarify, weather, rain, fog, lighting, and theme changes aren’t considered anomalies (as noted in the UI throughout the game). The flooded floor is part of that environmental variation.
Each floor can appear in different versions, sometimes with anomalies and sometimes without, so if it sent you back to the first floor, there was likely another anomaly present that was easy to miss.
And that’s fair about the difficulty! We aimed for a balanced experience for the jam. Really glad you enjoyed it overall! ^-^