Thank you so much for your comment, it made me smile when I read it. You give out some good points too, definitely going to need to whip up a boilerplate menu for future jams... I agree with the theme being the weakest, I tried to weave it into the story but there were definitely better ways to incorporate it.
P.S. I tried to take a picture of my final base in Stack Island to show you. The picture did not turn out very well...