The running joke of PT clones being a blight upon indie gaming becomes redundant when you make one "purposefully bad" as a "joke.” If you want to go down the cynical PT clone rabbit hole, you've gotta include stuff like the blaring radio and doors trying to be unlocked from the other side by "scary monsters.”
In its current state, this game more closely resembles the PT clones it is trying to make fun of instead of the comedic take.
Watch cynicism kind of live while I'm kind of alive.