Thank you for playing,
I totally agree on all those points.
A lot of these things will be addressed after the jam. However, with the POW, I was thinking more like how metal walker for the gbc did it. So when you go to launch the ball you have a power meter cycle through. As for the finding enemies and navigating, I'll add in little icons at the edge of the screen to make it easier to find them. Kinda like this: