Thanks for the feedback.
To my knowledge north -> up, east -> right, west -> left, south -> down is fairly standard in top down games like this. From the character’s point of view, ‘down’ would be the clouds below them.
I did consider having the bot do damage when sent (or have it attack on its own or something), but I didn’t want to add any new mechanics late in the jam cycle [always a way to end up with bugs at the last second] If I was to expand the game, giving the bot more utility is definitely on the list [likely a whole upgrade tree for it].