Glad you enjoyed! We had all of those ideas too during development, but decided to cut back and keep it a bit tighter so we could deliver a better experience. I actually played another submission which really reminded me of motherlode, but can't remember the name. We might end up using some of your suggestions in an updated version of the game haha, there's really so much you can do with space, and especially the physics of it. Thanks for playing!
P.S. thanks for noticing the end cutscene, that's probably what I'm most proud of from this game :D