Very glad you enjoyed it :D
That's an excellent point on the instructions. Will update those when I can. I'd say hoped the people right at the start would dart into the road and demonstrate quickly, but no guarantees there.
Definitely could have used some more sound effects. A lot of the fun of the original was the sounds of wanton destruction. I just kinda ran out of time.
The star reference is absolutely a reference to Katamari, but hopefully it feels fine even if you don't pick up on it. In the game, your dad/the king of the cosmos gets drunk and breaks all the stars. So you're tasked with rolling up objects to make new stars. When you succeed, the king of your ball to the sky as a new star.