In this game you control yourself, but also a little circle that you can control using a different method. Use A and D to turn your character, and use W to move forward. Hit the up arrow to shoot your circle and the down arrow to retract it back.
The way the circle moves is inspired by (heavily copied from) the way a kinsect works in monster hunter. I was playing the game when I realized those mechanics wouldn't actually be that hard to code.