This was really good. I love the distracting element of the random mazes as a false goal to navigate. I had a feeling that was the case after a few "bite" transitions, but I was still very curious to see where the game went next. It's a good setup for giving the player something to do while they try to process the semi-random poetry(?) being increasingly-quickly read out to them.

I suppose the interpretation of intent is pretty open here, but I took it as showing up the decay of criticism in video games culture at large. Every time you are bitten by a giant mouse, it is like experiencing a sort of death that further entraps the player in an ever-larger maze, and the only exit is deeper down into further mazes. I am somewhat just recalling the part of Silent Hill 2 where the only way to progress is to keep jumping down seemingly-bottomless pits that should be fatal.

I like the intermeshing of multiple sources as a way of re-interpreting all of the different voices together, while still having somewhat distinct entities that are in conflict with each other. Looking into the sources file shows that it was started with a deliberate order, but the shuffling of it (as seen in the source code you sent me) confuses the narrative greatly, which makes it much more interesting. I think this is a rare, to me, instance where a large element of randomness with effectively no design constraint is beneficial.

This was a good game to play after having four wisdom teeth removed.

Makes me think... here is your award: Scariest Rodents