the “shrinking when you change direction” was quite difficult to play with when using a touchpad. what if the touchpad only changed the direction, but then you had to press E/south button to use a burst of your thrusters. maybe you get 3 or 5 such boost usages before your size shrinks
that could fix the unpredictable moment when you want to eat a blob but then it suddenly turns red because just before you reach it you turn smaller than it, and then it eats you instead.
and adding a small delay or momentum to the blobs could also help prevent the case where a blob turns red and turns on a dime towards you. i think it would be nicer if it had a small delay before it realizes “oh hey hold up, you’re smaller now, i can eat you”
overall a fun game