I liked the scrungly graphics. It had an intentional vibe that was well executed!
I did sadly run into a softlock during the chess part of the competition. The ref was asking for a charge card, and I had none in my hand, so I had to wait out the timer :( It probably would have been better for the ref to ask for a random card from your hand, rather than a random card in general. That way your hand would still be disrupted going into the chess portion of the game, but you wouldn't be locked out for a minute at a tim