you are correct on all of your statements… all things aside I was not attempting to win anything.
This was just a personal achievement. I knew there was zero chance of this game winning anything, and fell short of everything I wanted it to be, but I did the only thing I set out to do. Which was submit a game within the time limit. Also I work a lot, have 3 kids, and a wife I had about 20 hours of awake time to do anything, and that is before I do chores to keep the household running.
Thank you for your comment. Hopefully next time I will have more time, and experience built up to have something better to show.