Appreciate for the feedback!
Agreed, we could've tweaked the camera a bit more so you don't run into unfair situations as such. A think a little dead zone is fine, but it's may be a little too much in the current iteration. We also explored the idea of the dash consuming more oxygen, definitely made the game a lot harder. Might be worth testing if we ever come back to this, right now the only tradeoff is a lack of steering (or we might improve that in the basic movement).
Thanks for the thoughtful comment tho!