Thanks for looking into this and for the info. I thought of the new Input System during the jam but I was afraid I would get stuck implementing a big system that I don't know about in the middle of a jam. I'm definitely planning to know more about it before my next jam though. I have used InControl in the past I also thought I would save time by skipping that layer.
It's too bad for this time, but next time I'll know more about this, and I'll put the necessary time in it