"how did you manage to make this in a single week?!"
1) I had a team with an amazing pixel artist and sound designer helping take care of a lot of the work
2) Staying up very very late and waking up early multiple days in a row AKA crunch mode. Don't do this one btw, I'm very proud of the end result but destroying my sleep schedule was probably not worth it.
3) Make games for many years before attempting a game of this scope during a jam!
4) DON'T ATTEMPT A GAME OF THIS SCOPE DURING A JAM WHEN YOU'RE THE ONLY PROGRAMMER SERIOUSLY WHAT WAS WRONG WITH ME THIS WAS A RIDICULOUS IDEA IT'S A MIRACLE THE GAME CAME TOGETHER
Anyway thank you for all of your praise, I'm very glad you enjoyed the game!