This is why I love game jams! Silly ideas with just enough execution to make them work.
I didn't manage to complete it, though, because the latter phase of the game was too difficult for me, and getting there took too long to keep my interest. I also didn't see any of the promised powerups. Was that a bug or did you just not get around to add them? (I played the web build, btw)
Edit: I played again with some permanently enabled powerups enabled in the settings because I wanted to see the ending. And now powerup bottles were spawning. Something seems to be glitchy about the way you handle the settings.