So, I know less than nothing about The Floraverse, and I also haven't played the other games referenced on the page. But! This is still very good if you treat it as a stand-alone thing. The characters are wildly unique, and they all look super cool. I can appreciate that, even if I don't know the wider setting.
It's a bit of a shame that it didn't end up being interactive, but, well, game jams. It's still super cool as a piece of audiovisual storytelling, because all of its parts fit together extremely well. The art is great, the music is cool, and the writing is quite charming. The character design especially is really on point. I'm getting a real sense of personality from all the critters in this game, and they feel like real people. Plus, yeah, wow, the creative process sure is like that sometimes, huh.
Something that has me wondering is the sense of meta-narrative, here. It's a story about a writer, and we also have in-game commentary on the game, so there's like... three different layers of fiction here. That has me wondering if the dev commentary is planned to be part of the final product. If so, this is an incredibly cool way to set that up. If it isn't, I still had a good time!