Firstly, thank you for your incredibly kind words! Secondly thank you very much for playing my game.
I completely agree that the goal of the game wasn't inherently clear. I was in the process of implementing a simple interactive tutorial (along with many other things). I fell just short of the deadline.
The becoming stuck is definitely a new one. I will look into this further.
Before the deadline I did send the game to play testers. They too seemed to become soft-locked in the same manner. I scrambled to find the cause, but idk if it was my general rustiness or just poor time management but I wasn't able to find the cause. The people that did test the game for me did say that when they got soft-locked, reloading the page allowed them to complete the game without issue.
However, I'm going to assume that wasn't the case for you, so I apologize that you weren't able to complete my game. I'm hopeful that the future of the project is plagued less by these issues and your feedback will help in that endeavor so thank you again!