Thank you so much for taking the time to provide in-depth feedback on our game! We really appreciate your thoughts and suggestions. Your review covers a lot of ground, and we're glad to hear that you found the game to be complete and enjoyable.
So many great suggestions :) such as adding particles during the raise phase, improving the UI/UX with more interactive elements like a hand icon and dragging cheese, and using 3D object icons like in the Dreamcast main menu (was definitely worth the google) as well as the suggestion to fade the camera/audio. I also agree with your ideas for making the science log text more readable and balancing the progression of the game.
Glad you enjoyed the bushes and 3D audio, and I like your comments on the outside wall and catamander difficulty. I'll take note of your feedback on the ending and explore ways to make game endings less abrupt. I really like your suggestions here, my initial idea if I had enough time was to have the xenomouse eat the huge cheese make super happy noises, scale up 5x size and then walk off screen before the "You win!" screen would show.
Lastly, I appreciate your tip about ChatGPT and will definitely check it out for story ideas and improvements.
Thanks again for your thoughtful review, and I'll use your feedback to improve the games I make or help make in a team like with Babs Inc!