Haha yeah our initial plan was to have it so that the initial shot was from a canon with a pre-set direction, but we didn't have time to implement it. I agree that that would have made more sense with the "Reverse Roles" theme.
Also regarding the confusion of the goal and exactly how the dash system works, we didn't really have time to implement any "tutorial" or anything like that. I know its a bit confusing :P But the green pegs gives you 2 dashes, blue pegs gives 10 points, red pegs gives 50 points.
You also gain dashes for every 3rd peg you hit, regardless of color.
Thanks for all the feedback, we'll take it with us for our next game :)