Thanks for the feedback!
You're not the first to find the floor tiles confusing, something I'll be learning from going ahead for sure. With the in world 'physics' also there is that lack of consistency. I'd planned on there being a story/lore based reason, that the tractor beam took the things it held 'out of phase' with the universe for safer travel - but in the end things landed where they fell and there is little explanation in the finished game.
I think next time I'll bring my mechanics back a bit to allow more time for these kinds of checks to be made - get that layer of polish on.
Thanks again for playing!