Howdy! This is a bit of a shot in the dark, but I was just reflecting on my early experiences toying around with making games, and remembered that some of my earliest attempts at it were small ARGs I made for my friends in school. When I stopped and thought about what initially inspired me to make those, I realized it was supporting LIONESS and digging into its various files and videos when I was 12 years old. One thing led to another and I’m now in my 20s and taking game-making pretty seriously (here is perhaps my most serious game thus far: EyeOS). So yeah, I dunno! Just thought I’d mention that however you feel about that whole project in retrospect, it provided an early inspiration to at least one weirdo game dev.
I was also wondering if you have a playable or idk standalone version of this game available anywhere! I remember playing it in middle school, and came to this page because I was feeling nostalgic for it but can’t seem to get the embedded game working. No worries if not, of course, your games are yours to do as you will with.