Thank you for playing and detailed feedback!
I still don't know why the game doesn't accept the answer for some players. I will playtest it more after the jam to figure it out. You got everything right with the idea of tiles and the gate. I didn't know the maggots would kill fps for others. I keep forgetting I have quite a beefy PC. I think it's colliders which I had to make because of the way they are spawned. I will need to rework that.
I am glad you liked the game:)