I think I can improve the controls, but I made life hard for myself by only deciding to enter the jam at the half way point and then pivoting from an RTS in the last couple of days when I found stomping around in the mechs directly was more fun than giving them orders.
But then I ran out of energy, I actually had a migraine once the game was up and had to walk away from the computer for a day! So I just didn’t leave myself enough time to perfect it.
I’ve been playing with a fresh project since the jam and have made a mech builder that even makes tanks and defence towers and space ships all from the same parts (I may have taken it much too far) so you never know - maybe there will be a better sequel…