Awh, thanks so much for the kind words! (And yes, I am honored by the comparison to Snakebird)
We’ve actually discussed mouse controls, both during and after the jam! Turns out that although it initially seems more intuitive, there are edge cases where what action has to happen after doing a mouse-drag is not even well-defined! Turns out that playing with controls where you drag with the mouse actually gives you a slightly different game than if you control with a keyboard >:).
(We only fully realized what this means a few days after the jam, and the lack of mouse controls in the game is solely due to our personal priorities :))