You absolutely did! It was really inspired by a handful of games and that includes Anatomy. I definitely agree with what you say about just persisting. I don't even really want to go back to Rot and fix it. I think the best remedy to that situation is just to make another game that improves according to the blemishes and criticisms of the previous one.
We are very similar devs. I'm an interactive media student and I don't have nearly as thorough a knowledge of coding as a CompSci student might, and a lot of what I learn is from the internet (particularly YouTube). I also don't find it too frustrating, though, as it kind of forces me to either be creative with my limitations or to learn on the fly which I enjoy. Thank you so much for taking the time to reply, by the way!