Thank you for the feedback!
I totally get what you mean, personally I didn't think Tamagotchi was fun when it came out and I still don't (same with QTEs), and since I'm not going to spend time making a game I wouldn't want to play, here we are lol.
I typically think of gamejam themes as more of a prompt to be creative than to make something that's been done before. In my book, success in the former far outweighs scoring well in the latter, and the most valuable outcome for the developer is receiving good feedback on how to make the game better.
Hearing that you've had fun playing is a huge win for me, I hope you'll enjoy where this project goes after the jam!