I’m not sure if you’re already aware of this bug, but the game seems to have an issue at higher refresh rates. My monitor runs at 180 Hz, which caused the Evil Rival Corporation, Inc.'s extremely serious businessmen to move faster than intended and always reach the center of the trap floor. I managed to find a workaround by manually changing my monitor's refresh rate to 60 Hz. I hope you are able to track down the issue!
After that, I got to play the game the way it was intended, and it was a lot of fun launching the evil businessmen across the screen! The game had good humor, great pixel art, and the final result is impressive considering you both only started gamedev a week ago. Congratulations on your first game and on completing your first game jam!