I'm glad you enjoyed playing :) I took a look at the game you mentioned and I can see the resemblance. That's a good point about the directional attacks and it's actually the main thing I was afraid of in this genre in the context of a gamejam. The directional attacks take a fair bit longer to work on/animate/polish so I wanted to avoid them at least for now. But it's valuable feedback to know that you consider this is a difference worth investing into.