First and foremost, huge respect to you for spending what I can only imagine was a tremendous amount of time playing and thoroughly reviewing all of our entries. Thank you!
Secondly, despite the fact that you were unable to find any redeeming qualities to highlight in a project I dedicated every waking moment of a week of my life to, I must say that your feedback on the many failings you perceived is duly noted and much appreciated, and certain to help me achieve higher quality in future projects. Thank you!
Finally, in case you missed it, there's a significant advantage in the jail if you check the crack :) Or, maybe you found this, I just note it because you indicated the fight was with 'no items', which it generally is, and certainly could literally be if that was overlooked (though it's entirely possible to achieve victory without it, just higher difficulty).