Haha, yeah. Originally we were going to lean into the asteroid loop thing a lot more, but when we tried it out it was too lame, haha. Thanks for playing!
I think you're right about the lasers. We intended to make them 3 shot bursts or semi-auto or something to make people more strategic about them. We also had a whole turret/targeting mechanic at one time, but it didn't end up fitting the game very well. (what fun is letting the turrets kill the asteroids for you?)