It was fun to play. I almost wish that you couldn't add forward facing cannons, because it feels like it wasn't the intention to just chase down the ships while they slow down to try to turn and hit you. I did enjoy it though, very polished,
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Thanks! That was actually a deliberate design choice. I wanted players to have complete freedom to build their ships however they like. If someone wants to stack three front cannons and chase everyone, that’s perfectly valid. If they prefer a more tactical playstyle, they can put cannons on the sides or the rear instead.
I also gave many AI ships rear cannons and some manoeuvring behaviour to discourage pure chasing. I didn’t have enough time during the jam to make the AI as advanced as I’d have liked, but that’s definitely something I’d improve in a future version.