This week, I added the ability to detach from the platform, fly around, and attach to another platform (getting access to it's gun). I added some camera control, so the view moves as you aim. I tried some screen shake too, but it's been making me a little nauseous so I turned it off for now. Maybe I'll try to bring more of that feeling of impact and force by showing recoil on the ship, instead of through camera shake.
During the game jam, I used particles as a shortcut for the background stars. I felt like this worked well for a stationary view, but with the ship flying around, I updated the stars. The stars look more colorful in the game than in this gif, but you can still see the twinkling and parallax effect.
I think I need to be on the look out for a good video to gif program, to give me more options for the quality/color/frame rate.