Glad you liked it, thanks for the good feedback too!
We are lacking a tutorial for sure, would make things more clear just didn't get time to do it during the jam.
The Tractor beam recharge is a fixed rate that can't be upgraded right now. I agree it needs to recharge faster as the run progresses, something we plan to add.
And yeah as for time stopping, we do like the idea of building in real time, but definitely something we will look at to find ways to make it easier to manage.