Thank you so much! It makes sense that you had fun with the humor, because that's what I had the most fun doing for the game :) I am a color palette freak, so I really needed to find some cool colors for the interface too, and that took me quite some time. I really appreciate your comment because not releasing a web build in time meant that my game was pretty much invisible to most people, which of course is to be expected.
I haven't used any engines other than GM (with the exception of some custom engines I made in GW-Basic about three decades ago, lol) and I don't think I will, to be honest! It's hard enough learning one of them :) Good luck with your long-term project!