haha I got a little too caught up in trying to make things novel that I definitely overcomplicated things. I think WASD would probably be a good idea with this format.
And yeah, I'll probably come up with some other control scheme to break the particles. I chose the scrolling because of the theme of the game jam, but I suppose I tunneled on that too hard.
Making it sticky is a great idea! Thank you for that!
Sorry you couldn't figure it out. I'll try and make it more intuitive for sure. Thank you for the feedback!