I’m glad you liked it!
The dash can actually be performed in 8 directions (Or, any direction you’re currently moving, if you let go of WASD)
Originally I planned on adding 3 different upgradeable abilities for you to utilize (Including a Light-based attack with HUGE AoE specifically for dealing with the Legion of Swarmlings), though of course I didn’t manage to finish any in time other than the dash(which itself only had some lackluster variants)
The dashable orbs were of course meant to contain the other abilities and upgrades (I even thought to use the homing effect on dashables to make a boss enemy, but of course, not enough time)
Finally, I did look to HYPER DEMON & ULTRAKILL when coming up with gameplay & design, I’m glad you caught that!