Thank you very much!! It means a lot to hear such kind words.
And yeah, I tend to write from life a lot with my work (Being a plural myself helped a ton with this, haha) so it was fun trying to take my own life experiences and tweak them into their own unique creation.
Revisiting old works is something I've always been fascinated with. myself, even if it does occasionally make me realize how many projects I've started only to leave on the backburner and get a bit of dread and depression haha (I was very much writing from life with this one, having my own personal Symbiotoria that's been on creative hold for 8 years now ;W;). But, like you said, it can be a good pick-me-up as well, seeing how far you've come. Always fun re-evaluating old work and seeing how you can make it even better with years of hindsight.
The sound design was fun for me because I actually just recorded my bedroom ambience to make it more authentic-- time limits breed creativity, lol