Funny and interesting concept, love the backstory. Learning to move by backing up and rotating is the key. It was fun but also a bit tedious at times.
I feel like the controls could be improved. Because both "up" and "forward" are on keys I associate with both actions I kept confusing them both. I'd suggest changing the up/down to something like Q/E or another combination of keys that nobody's brain thinks of as "forward". It would also be nice if holding ctrl + up/down went to maximum up/down instantly.
Still this was cool, probably my favorite of the handful I've tested thus far and fun enough for me to reach the end.