Thanks for playing!
It felt right to bring out the old characters and work them into what is really more a celebratory look back than an actual game. I wanted to put in some of the recurring characters like Kevin34, Frank Malone, and the Tortoise, but I just didn't have time to go beyond my own creations (and even then some are missing). The ending is 100% a meta narration aimed straight at the player, and at the old hands especially.
I threw the car in at the last minute, I'd already built it for a project that will never see the light of day, so I figured "what the hell, if it works I'll ship it."
I'm not quite done with this yet- the part in the ending narration about finishing the game and making it a proper sendoff is real. But I'll talk about that more after the jam.