Best score I managed:

It's fun. :) I dig the aiming mechanic. Interesting solution to the no-dualstick problem.

Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!

Come on! Add some more weapons and enemy types!

good start!

it would be nice if the aiming reticle moved even when you're unable to move in a certain direction. so you could back up to a corner and still aim diagonally.

Being able to hold down a button (or a toggle) to keep firing in a certain direction would be good too.

Thank you for all the inputs,

I plan on adding:
-constantly rotating the aiming reticle around the player
-power to add more reticles so you can fire 2 or maybe 3 stars at a time
-speed up and down pickups
-point pickups

Im still learning this and it is very fun again glad you all like it!

Thank you