Thanks for taking the time to review. I'm really impressed with you game. My goal here was to submit something that was 'playable'. I agree 100% that I could add more features and balance things better.
The coding was done during the week, as well as the art. The game engine is DragonRuby.
I've written a post-jam summary detailing some more thoughts and my general approach: https://dcsw.itch.io/strange-slime-sewers/devlog/370442/dcjame-2022
Thanks for playing!