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Thanks for the comment!
The game is harder than I'd have liked it to be, perhaps it should play much slower, or the character could have special abilities like you said. As for the theme, my idea what that although space is infinite, in order to progress, you must stay in the "limited space" near the sun. Overall, I appreciate your feedback. After the jam I'll try to improve upon the game's mechanics, level the difficulty curve by a lot (lots of people said the game was too hard).

This is the best game I have ever played. You have meticulously engineered a masterpiece, a grand contribution to mankind's history. 10/10 would chill in the disco again

Extremely fun game, loved the graphics and the uniqueness of every mission!

I really appreciate all the positive feedback!
The game, I must say, is more difficult than I would have liked it to be, and perhaps a simple tutorial or a less steep difficulty curve between levels would've been nice.
I actually considered the return mechanic you stated- the "pacman effect",  where the player loops back to the origin, but I completely forgot to actually implement it. There's another mechanic I did have though, the small yellow dot next to the ship that points towards the star, but it isn't referenced in the controls or anywhere else.
As for the lack of game engine, I mostly did it for the reasons you pointed out. It was a great learning experience, very rewarding, and I personally find it very fun to create a game from scratch.
Once again, thanks so much for playing and reviewing!

Sorry for the late reply, was in school. 
I couldn't get the sound to work in the browser within the time frame sadly, no idea why.
There's a feature that I added early on but forgot to reference in the controls-  next to your spacecraft there are two colored dots. The yellow one points towards the star so you don't get lost, and the red one points to where you're going. Also, since the game in a physically-based sim, knowing how orbits work helps a ton, but i understand that the average player probably won't.
Anyways, thanks for playing!

you are meant to stay in the space near the sun, hence the correlation with the theme. Truth be told, I should have made that a bit clearer

yeah sorry

oh yeah ik, didn't see it in time.

thanks though!

Its a very fun game i promise

I spent quite a lot of time brainstorming ideas after i saw the theme, does this count towards my one hour?