I actually thought it was kind of cool, because I was able to play with it easily with some SQLite explorer tool (I forget which one) and I could easily look at how the save files actually worked.
I haven't really used SQLite for anything serious [2], but always found the idea of it kind of charming. Maybe I should dust it off and try it again.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illumination_Software_Creator by Bryan Lunduke before I realized how much of a pseudo-intellectual dimwit that he is.
[2] At least outside of the "included" database in a few web frameworks.