Don't worry about the "embarrassing messiness". For the time frame and it being your first participation its a good foundation.
You can always keep improving. For example, a light- and HP-bar would make it a lot better for just little work.
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True, but I am mostly talking about the source code. The last few hours of work were just me trying to patch everything together. It's a miracle that it works :D.
Yeah, I also learned that just because I know exactly how long the flashlight last, how long it takes to recharge, and how many hits the player can take doesn't mean that everyone else does too.