Hey thanks for playing. Yeah a fellow Ace combat fan! I just noticed the Galm patch on the pilot in your pfp. Off topic to the jam but do you play on PC? I play Ace combat 7 on PC but I went kinda hard in PvP. As in I'm one of those guys who can fly backwards lol. So idk how it'd be if we were to 1v1. I'm far from being top dog in AC7 PvP, but I'd say I'm kinda good at the game talking about the player base as a whole. Just saying cause I don't wanna seal club or something haha.
I digress. Aside from Ace Combat, the Armored core series was also a big inspiration for my game. I see considerable overlap between both fanbases, myself included. I actually found Ace Combat through Armored Core players talking about it haha. Not quite sure what you mean? There is a boost system in the game originally even from when I first submitted it. Left shift while moving to boost. There's also a quick boost with left control + direction to gain a sudden burst of speed for dodging. If you played the whole game without using either, then the energy bar on the left must've seemed pointless to you haha.
I would've made a tutorial mission with controls and game mechanics/systems, but no time and I feel like most players would just skip a tutorial anyways.