I gave up on stage one because the holding LMB to turn made the game way too annoying to play.
I'm sorry you had trouble with the controls. I will take your feedback into consideration for future projects. I would recommend playing with a mouse for the best playing experience if you were not already. In the soon future, I expect to further update the controls so that the whole experience is smoother, and more similar to some of the more recent games I have developed.