Thank you for your thoughtful feedback!
Yes the momentum thing was definitely a very tricky thing to get right and in the end we still didn't nail it in a satisfying way. But we hope to keep learning and improve the mechanics in the future.
I had actually just put out an update which adds some accessibility features and easier map navigation (no changes to the map itself). It's feedback like yours that is important for us to improve on our level design skills, so thank you again for playing!