really nice graphics though i don't really understand what's going on, it just looks like my ship is constantly falling in the southwest direction
Mouse movement controls the ship's direction. The Y axis is NOT inverted, so up goes up. :) The arrows in the center gyro/compass display shows you which vector the ship is traveling in.
Someone else reported also having the input issue, and he discovered that it was related to having *two* mice plugged in. Perhaps that is the issue.