Thank you so much for the comment and feedback! Welcome to the double digit club.
There is definitely slight air control at the moment, but I might have gotten a little too close to the game during development and set too little. I kept stripping more and more air control away like "nah, this is too easy" as if everyone playing has been developing this game for a week.
Totally agree on the respawning. I thought it was more dramatic this way but now I wish it was faster.