Good on you for seeing the development take on a life of its own and rolling with it. That somehow feels very game jam-y and something interesting came out the other end.
It took me a couple of tries to figure out that the squares are bad and what to do about them. It would be interesting to see the recall button having more impact, maybe if the drones were there to drag enemies into hazards rather than attacking directly.
Sending out the drones was really satisfying though, it made me feel dangerous. There must be some clever stuff happening under the hood to nail their behaviour the way you have.