I wasted 3 and a half hours today on something that could be fixed with just a single buttonn press, but progress is going good! It's my first game jam, and I'm doing better than I thought I would!
Classic gamedev experience right there! I spent almost two sleepless nights fighting a nasty boss bug that completely broke my saves, and ended up rewriting the whole system from scratch. Congrats on pushing through, sounds like a great start for your first jam!