Thanks so much for playing my game! Im glad you enjoyed it~
As for the buttons, sadly i couldn't make it work any better. Probably could, it shouldn't be a Pico-8 problem, but im not experienced enough yet with it, nor with programming.
When i tried it out, holding down the button for the direction you want to go in worked without having to press it each time, but it's not an intuitive thing to do. I should write it down in the description as i see it's a common problem with my game. Thanks for the feedback! It really helps ~