Woah! Thank you so much for taking the time to write that! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Re: the options menu, it was made by Marek Belski. They couldn't participate in the jam and instead offered this amazing template for whoever needed it. The cursor disappearing is an unfortunate that didn't have time to correct.
The lack of music was a decision out of necessity, but worked well enough I believe. Now that you mention it, Daniel Mullins might have been a bit of an inspiration for this without us noticing. lol