Thanks for the feedback! I'm gonna note all of this for the future. In the later stages (once I get to making those) enemies should definitely be a lot more tricky to deal with.
Some enemies should also require you to grab them first in order to deal any damage, since the slide felt more important to use than the grab in most situations
Speaking of the grab, it would be more fun if instead of holding down the arrow keys you just press it once back and forth, so you can slam em' as fast as you want. But of course still have them escape your grasp if you aren't doing anything
