love the post, I'm happy to see someone else also doing a devlog!
I also felt like it was a CTA from the universe. But really, writing stuff and doing art, they were the biggest challenges for me too. Not just battling the skill issues of being bad at them, but also the identity of "I'm bad at art/writing." I really wanted to add a better tutorial section too for my game, but like you, I was running up against the clock. I'm really glad to read through your experience and seeing how much of it was similar. Love the game, the art and vibe was just right.
Thanks for a good read!
P.S. it's uncanny how you also had a line about "being watched," that's how I feel sometimes when I watch Dr. K