I’m really happy you enjoyed the game! It’s funny that you mentioned Surgeon Simulator, because originally the idea was for the player to control a physics-based arm, but it turned out to be incredibly difficult to handle and we couldn’t get it to feel right. In the end, we decided to remove the arm, although there are actually some GIFs in GMTK Discord channel showing part of the development process.
If you enjoyed it, I just wanted to mention that we’re planning to release a post-jam update to fix some bugs and further improve the experience. Thank you so much for playing and for leaving such a detailed comment! That made us smile ear to ear too! :D