Yeah, this is basically spot on. It's not an Elephant when it's something I've been addressing in the discord in discussions about submissions. I usually do the jams in a 24 hour period but with at least a day or two of "Alright what's the plan?" kind of prep. Going into this I had basically nothing and just really wanted to create something that fit the worldbuilding I felt I could speak out with the art given. I went a bit into the chord structure, roots, and scaling (Fdim/ect) in another reply, but having the Choir stabs in that range (FDim) would have been where I liked to settle the melody on and evolve it, unfortunately (or fortunately for my ambient following cause they love this lmao) for the context of the jam I was happy to not cut corners and was more than happy with taking the advice I give to a lot of folks in this community - Release something that makes you happy and speaks to you. Know that no one is "judging" it as much as consuming it adding it to our community regardless of if it "works" or not.
I'm glad I got something out because I loved the artwork for this Jam, and I'm glad it ended up working outside the jam as well as it is and I'm glad people who listen also enjoy it. I'm (for once) super happy that things didn't go as planned.