Thank you for this comment! This is my second game jam ever, and my third ever public game. (One of them was on scratch lol)!
The game was not a meme game lol - but I also didn't expect it to touch the hearts of so many people! The reason my games are so whimsical is because in real life, I myself look to the fun and silly side of things. The space manta ray was actually modelled using a manta ray png, that I then painted in blender how I wanted, to fit the space theme. I did realize that the game has a melancholy feel, and I played into that. I'm suprised I had enough time to add 3 endings!
I am very glad the game moved you, and I don't know if you mean that as a joke, but it means alot to me either way.