"submitted 1 minute before the deadline" <== Oh, brother! You risked a lot! You know you can submit your Itch page without any content on it, right?
I think the web build is broken. Am planning to try the windows build later... Reloaded and it works!
Good effort. Based on the description I assume you put a lot of effort into the setting and the narrative (worldbuilding). That is fantastic. One small problem is that the introduction feels like an exposition dump - a bit too much. I always recommend this GDC talk because it's excellent:
It seems the whale is moving in the opposite direction of the whirlpool which breaks the immersion a bit. It's also a minor issue.
I think I got stuck on the second map - moved in all the directions I could but I could not find that warlus.