i like it :D. but its kinda anoying that the controls ar relative to the players direction.
Thank you for your feedback! As the space ship has a particular shape with clear orientation I thought players will associate the movement with the shape. So I thought controls relative to the space ship will be more easier. Anyway I uploaded a version in which the controls are relative to the observer - https://jojijoseph.itch.io/space-war-controls-relative-to-observer.
Once this jam is over I will update this game with an option to choose the control mechanism between controls relative to character and controls relative to observer.
Edit: Game Jam is over. Merged post jam updates. Hence removing the above link.
Yeah, I thought so too and absolutely hated it at first, but although it's a little weird because we're not used to it, doesn't actually take long to get used to it and, even if not fully intentional, in my opinion is actually pretty innovative and it's much better than the alternative, which you can see by testing this: https://jojijoseph.itch.io/space-war-controls-relative-to-observer just doesn't work nearly as well at least for this game in particular. Props to creator, I wouldn't have played this game for even 10 seconds without the nice short-term learning curve this "mechanic" naturally provided, and it made me wanna play an actual full game with that.