i like the trickier controls, i feel like space games always benefit from more interesting controls. however, i would say that there's kind of a lack of a cohesive visual style and it kind of appears like the players hitbox is much larger than their sprite which isn't great for bullet hell type games, so thats something to keep in mind. the game also freezes up for me when missiles collide with enemies but that could just be me.

I will say controls were a little hard to wrap my head around. I would suggest WASD always being up/left/down/right and not having it be dependent on where you are facing, but that's just my personal preference.
But I also see the potential here for a frantic space shooter, all it needs is a little more polish and playtesting is all, keep up the good work!
 

There's some cool ideas in here, but the controls are going to be a barrier for most people I think. I couldn't wrap my head around which way I was ever going to move