Hello bobertsson!
We are glad that you liked the concept and will be taking everything you said into account. We're going to continue developing Pear Up! for awhile, and will be uploading an update as soon as possible after the judging ends. The unresponsive controls was the result of a rookie mistake, and it's already fixed in the development version. We're going to see how complete and polished we can make this, so feel free to keep checking back if interested.
I'll also be sure to give your game a try when I get a chance, and I'll also let the rest of the team know about it as well! Thanks for the feedback!