Loved this! Could use some polish aesthetically, but it's a really strong concept. Darting around the ship as I try to both outmaneuver and shoot down enemies was frantic (in a good way). Having the entire ship rotate around the player as you steer was pretty funny

I often got the ship stuck on walls, making it hard to steer. Maybe being able to thrust backwards or sideways would help.

I think this would make for a great multiplayer game if you had a larger ship, more controls, or things to manage inside.

Awesome concept that, given the time constraints of this jam, was put together pretty well! Definitely could use a bit of polish, and some nice music and/or sfx would probably have brought the whole thing together, but as it is it was still pretty fun to play through!

The control scheme combined with how the physics interacted with your character definitely is something I would have done differently, though. If you work on it further after the jam, maybe check those collision masks so the lasers aren't pushing you back. I would also have probably made the player node a child of the ship so they're not colliding with each other in ways that inhibit movement on both sides.

All in all awesome work though, especially for a solo dev if I understand that right from your game's page!

Very unique game, definitely had to make me think! I think one thing I found kinda confusing that I couldn't tell which side of the ship was forwards and which side was backwards so I ended up going the wrong way when shooting the forward button.

Although I've seen people crack many jokes about "Shoot to Move", I still found this implementation quite creative! The controls were tricky, but in a good, challenging way, not in a overly janky way in my opinion