I like the story and ideas you came up. If you had an option with a static camera, it would be a little easier to aim. Or a restart button to restart the level, when you die.
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Totally forgot to add an explicit reset button when I patched the camera controls... but, hitting escape now pauses (or 'P') and the quit button takes you back to the main menu, so that should work for now. I'm going to break for a bit. Thanks for the feedback, I'll see about adding 'R' and a better death sequence later.