I don't even know where to begin with this comment! I kept seeing progress of your work in discord, but I was visiting sporadicly and caught only glimpses. This is fantastic!
First, the mechanics of the ship with the four thrusters, the star at the center fitting not only the story but also creating a gravitational pull that the player actually has to work with was wow!
Art styles with limited palettes is something I adore, and your planets really looked beautiful in the background with small details like cacti (genius). And while I was cruising around space jumping around my very own star, I notice a happy square fellow just vibing at the back.
"hehe, this is a great dude back there, great detail to add life to the world, I will definitely comment about him!"
... you can only imagine my surprise when passing over him, the "press E" text appeared. I was like 0.0
took me a while to realign my ship to have a chat, and then I was sure. Ben Cube truly is my G. With a smile on my face was ready to close the game and rate, until I stumbled on the second NPC (don't remember who, after Ben no one else matters [jk]) and then the next and next. Amazing stories told by each on of them. Congratulations on such a captivating and humorous game!