Figured it out!
Just woke up and though of how to nicely handle actually attacking enemies, you still probably don't want to do that if you can avoid it but at least you'll no longer be stuck just looking at an enemy about to end the game.
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/54/boxes-and-webs
Next up I guess I'll try to make things prettier and maybe shrink the play area since it feels a bit too large at the moment.