Hi Justin! First of all I wanna say that I'm so so happy this game got to you. Honestly, as someone who wants to go in to game dev, that's a very special feeling and you're the first person on this website to say something so kind!
Secondly, I do want to say that while Rot is primarily a horror experience, it is just as much an art piece about love gone bad. When I made this I was going through a period of sincere hopelessness after an unexpected breakup with my first love.
The development of this game was a way for me to comprehend how I was feeling, and look at those feelings outside of my self so that I might understand them better.
When the game was finished, I felt so much better, much better than I thought I would. I realised how crazy I was! And also the things I did wrong.