u/Numerous_Director281

Hey all, first time posting on reddit. I'm a hobbyist gamedev and I'm struggling with a design aspect of my game. The game I'm working on is a shmup in which you're bound to moving along a circle, however it's proving to be more difficult than I'd like to admit.

I'm thinking of pivoting to normal movement within the circle but feel like it'd take away from what makes the game unique? If anyone has any advice on this I'd greatly appreciate it, I feel like this choice is paralyzing me.

I've included a video, hopefully it sort of gives an idea of how the game goes.