Thank you for taking the time to play and review my little jam game =)
I'm happy you felt my little game was fun to play. I try to make games that seem fun to me and then hope others also find them fun.
I get you about the minimap. If I zoom it further out though then everything will be too small for the minimap to be of any use (unless I switch to a stylized minimap with icons instead) and I don't want to make the minimap any larger since it would take up more screen space.
I kind of like the idea of 'hunting' down the saucer ships instead of being shown where they all are, but I might consider adding a pointer arrow to show the nearest enemy saucer ship to the Cadet ship.
I'm also considering whether to add light and shadows to make it more 'hide and seek', but that might change the flavor of the game too much. I might test it out and see how it feels with lights and shadows.