One of the few games in this style that doesn't feel like it exists just to kill time but is rather quite engaging.
At first I felt the difficulty tuning wasn't quite right as it seemed much harder in the beginning but afterwards got much easier. I guess my expectation was that it would just ramp up as it went but, in actuality, this ended up being a story through gameplay.
The challenge is at first daunting but, with a bit of effort, you overcome it enough that it's still a challenge but no longer the impossible task it first seemed. Eventually you start to get so confident and self-assured in taking the probes down that you don't need to even try anymore, that is, until it starts to get a bit tougher near the end again to humble you right back down and make you take it seriously. I always love when you can get a story like that through pure gameplay.
However, it can get a bit tricky to click the right thing at times or keep track of all the ships as you get more and more of them and the sound gets quite messy with all the shooting and drilling. I also found it weird that a malfunction would give the probes the ability to self-replicate but all in all, a great submission to the jam! I'm pleased to have played it!