Very well thought out mechanic! Loved the idea and even think it's good enough to be made into a more fully-fledged top-down shooter with the right changes.
I do agree that the distortion was a bit too much at times, even with the theme considered. I liked having to find my curser on the outer rim to aim at enemies, but there were points where even that became impossible.
Despite that, I still loved it because the power-up system allowed for a way to control that issue with vision recovery.
Great job!
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