This is a boss battle with the twist that you need to carefully balance and shoot away things to stay alive while blowing at...a mucus rope? Your ship can also jump, and you use that to transition between the water and the cloud.
I had personally gone with the strat of "just blow at everything, it will work eventually", and I somehow managed to figure out the transitions before it was too late.
I don't have more to say that other commenters have already given. You have a strong entry, and even though people have found more specific things than myself, you will grow as you continue to jam.
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Thank you! Glad you were able to make sense of it. I definitely think I fell in the trap of "I just made this thing and understand what it does, so it's probably clear enough to others what it does". And a few others. But very happy to at least get a concept across, and glad you enjoyed it for a moment!