To address the feedback that the game is too difficult and players get overwhelmed by chaos while they are not skilled in the game, I’ve added a new feature: shrapnel.
When your ship is destroyed, the particles of its explosion destroy any robot they hit. You don’t get any points for those hits, but the explosion clears the playing area so that it is easier to get back into the game.
And it creates pleasing chain reactions as robot after robot explodes.
I’ll publish the new version after the lowrezJAM review period has finished.