I love the gruesome theme you went with here, and the sfx made me laugh! I think you could do a lot with the idea in future updates and maybe make the claw itself more of a threat. I did notice an issue where I could spam the spacebar to have infinite invincibility, but it was still fun regardless!
If you are interested, our team also developed a claw machine game for the jam, but unfortunately we didn't quite make the deadline. But in this one you play as the machine! https://comfymittensamuel.itch.io/the-claws-of-victory