I have mad respect for any team that decides to record some voice acting. Especially if it's silly like this. The presentation was great right off the bat, especially with those old newspaper covers.
As for the gameplay, I think you're really missing a mini-map. I was flying around at first, not even noticing the wave coming from the right of the screen. Since the map is larger that the field of view, you need some indication where the threats are coming from. Also the movement of the ship needs to be really really precise to enable these pick-up/put-down mechanics, and it's kinda floaty right now.
Oh, oh, and you could maybe even add some sort of dash with a cooldown, to get from one side of the map to the other quicker.