Thank you for the kind feedback! :)
Yeah, I probably shouldn't have added the rake in without giving it a purpose. That time would have been better spent optimising the unpleasant framerate - I've posted a dev log reflecting on my approach to the jam, and detailing how I tripled my framerate after the jam, if you're interested: Postmortem: Optimising my XR Game Jam entry - Flower Dome 3001 by jmcapra (itch.io)