It's very reassuring to hear that I was going somewhere good with this at all, so thanks for that! I feel like I definitely underutilised the concept, as I feel when executed properly it can be much more of an impactful experience. But yeah, as you say, a couple of tweaks could have been made to reduce the annoyance about the controls, which is definitely something I'm going to put more time into in the future.
Thanks for playing my game and leaving some feedback :D!