ahhh rip my bad, you seemed to have encountered two bugs D: , i know about the phone line sending back to the menu, was a logical error on my part, but encountering that means you entered the next part of the game. the other bug with the attached picture is something i did not know about and will probably look at later xd (sorry that happened).
i agree with the difficulty, did not have time to balance it out before the submission so the frustration is understandable. i made lives not be impactful for the first part of the game (can't get a game over during this section, framed the lives running out as a visual glitch in-game).
though despite everything, thanks for trying to get through the game and playing it out! also thanks for taking the time to write out feedback, means a lot!