I really appreciate all the comments and ratings, thank you all so much for taking the time to play my game.
I absolutely agree that the game is a "smidge" too frustrating to play. Had there been more time for polish/reflection I would have made changes that would have made the controls less frustrating. Specifically I would have altered the robots collider and reduced wall friction so you don't get "caught" and rotated as often as well as other minor changes.
>Rules: >Certain Bug Fixes are allowed. You can’t add new features, but if something broke or didn’t work correctly as you were finishing up, you can fix this after the deadline
Unfortunately I feel that it would be unfair to fix these things as part of a bug-fix because everything is working as intended when I originally posted the game. At least while the ratings are on-going. It's not the end of the world :]
If you're interested in more details I wrote a short post-mortem/bts of the game here:
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/herding-humans/herding-humans-compo-entry-post-mortembehind-the-scenes