Uhmm, I feared that it'd be too hard. Also, for the power-ups, when you kill 'em, you can press M to emanate a power, that's how you damage enemies in Level 1 and 2.
Ah I didn't realise I needed to discharge the power ups! I still do think it is a bit too tricky right off the bat yeah, but a really fun concept of killing power ups to damage and heal.