Oh wow!! This is wonderful! I'm on a quest to find other "You're the boss" type games like mine, and while technically you aren't a "boss", it's still somewhat similar with summoning ships to attack.
This was extremely well done. Feels super polished and well thought out, especially for a game jam game! I was very impressed. Even more that you created the art/music during it as well. And that AI for the ship! That's doubly impressive for the pilot being "drunk". The ship AI knew almost exactly what to do and was a super pro at dodging those bullets. Amazing AI there.
Game is fantastic especially for a jam. The only real feedback I can give is it does get a bit repetitive later in the game as it is the same enemies. I don't think there's an end but it also doesn't get much more challenging. Maybe if harder ships to throw at the pilot were unlocked later that would be cool, but in the end it felt like it turned into an idle game where I just kept throwing all ships at it. I eventually just stopped and let it die once I got to over a million points on my second run (my first I only had like 1700 points). But again my only slight nitpick on an incredible game.
Seriously great job on this. I was super impressed!!