Haha yea, I would've liked to make the console part a bit stronger and have it accept some more commands, but that's gamejams for you. No time, never enough time.
That's also a good suggestion! I tried to convey that by having Razor talk to you at the start of level 2 and saying "to just back off a bit [after you get hit]". But the game could've definitely benefited from a little UI timer inside of the key or some such. At least it fit the theme though ;)
Thanks for your feedback! And thanks for playing :D