Spoiler warning if you haven't finished the game.
This is definitely a unique take on the theme, I just wish the theme of the jam allowed for some depth to its unique takes, seeing as all you could get out of it was a single pun. For the gameplay itself, those sorts of fake outs may be funny when you're making the game, but they don't really work if that's the intended path. Especially if it's the only intended path and it's full of fake-outs like that, it just ends up feeling confusing.