I actually agree that there is a certain charm to having to press the PC buttons with the mouse. I just think the parts where you have to time the PC inputs with stuff that happens in "game" could have benefited from slightly more generous timing. Not a lot more i think it should be challenging but just a little bit to make it feel better. But like for a game jam game you all did an really impressive job with the game!
Also idk how Beetruth did it but he really did do fantastic work on our game even if my smol artist brain doesn't quite understand the code.