Thanks for the thoughts! Yeah, agree with all of your points! I think if we get back to this we'd do all of those things. The pathing thing was purely a time thing. Easier to ask A* for a path than deal with all the edge cases of drawing. But I agree, being able to creatively draw paths would be better. At least... I think?
There's a lot of potential for a setup phase. Kinda thinking it shouldn't even be timed... Maybe you can even place the cameras too. You just get a pile of guards, cameras (and other implements) and do your best to secure the facility ahead of the eventual breakin.
It's been a fun game to work on and we're glad you liked it!