about the camera and movement
top down games usually have the aswd keys ignore the camera direction and move on tis own, and have the mouse cursor be onscreen and the player shoot in its direction (i think). in your game it is very different and i have to say that at first it was so disorienting that i considered closing it off. ive seen in it's itch page someone praised the controls because it makes it feel "unique", ill have to disagree to an extent - it is definitely too clanky to leave as is but is see his point. anyway i wont dwell on this because you pointed out that this is an early alpha.
i also dont understand how it fits the theme but this may just be me. would you care to exlpain?
overall this is actually quite fun, after a few attempts i managed to take down all of the NPCs.