Excellent theme and storyline. With a bit more tweaking and refinement, I would give this 5/5 stars. I found it unplayable with the keyboard, but I retrieved my XBox controller just to play this game and it makes a big difference in the controls. Reminds me of the good old XBLIG days! If I may make a couple suggestions: it felt too easy to die in this game (maybe hitting the rocks could shake up the ship without destroying it). Also, even with the XBox controller, the controls are a bit cumbersome or awkward - possibly the flight and fire controls could be implemented in a slightly simpler layout like a twin stick shooter, with an automatic "beam me up" beam deploying when hovering close enough over a gem for a long enough time (instead of requiring its own designated extra button). This game's "fun factor" is quite strong, but is overshadowed with by a somewhat awkward control layout. Overall though, a real gem of a game and with a few refined controls it would really shine. Great job designing and making this game!
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Thank you for taking the time to play my game and provide feedback. I agree with using two buttons instead of three. Honestly, I also found having to use three buttons a bit cumbersome, but I couldn't think of a good way to reduce it down to two buttons. I like your suggestion of the tractorbeam turning on automatically when close to a gem. That should make it smoother to play.