I am so sorry to hear that the artist on your team wasn't able to complete the game jam. What you have made, given all that stress and failed expectations, is still pretty good! I've looked at fifty or sixty games so far and this is the first one I've seen with such pleasant, readable text. The animations on the text are quite good and the game as a whole was fun.
Good job making it through the game jam! Especially good job on working past the art difficulties!