This is the most composed opening I have seen in the jam so far. The paper menu with the postcards from Egypt, Japan and France, then the boy reading his father's journal with the Kerala backwaters painted on the facing page, and two lines of narration that tell you exactly what the game is: each entry was a moment from his life, I wanted to see it through his eyes.
Three things you did that most entries here do not, and all three are worth keeping. Skip intro is offered from the first second, with Enter bound to it. The intro shows its own length as segments at the bottom, so I knew how much was left instead of wondering. And there is real controller support, announced on the menu. In a browser jam that is unusual.
Measured: canvas 1280x900, itch embed 1280x900, an exact match, which is why the painted frames stay sharp.
The only thing I was unsure about: during the intro I did not know whether clicking would advance to the next card or do nothing, so I waited. If a click does advance, a small hint the first time would let an impatient judge move at their own pace without reaching for Skip.
Disclosure: automated headless pass at 1280x950, so I watched the intro rather than reaching the journal itself. Coming back for the rest.
Ours is TORCH IT! if you want to swap.