N-Ball platform game in progress

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MAN DID YOU SEE THAT!

What a great game. Held my interest the whole time after I put some techno music on. If there were more levels to beat, I'd definitely be coming back for more. This game reminds me a lot of Elastomania - which held my interest for months.

Some suggestions:

I think there are too many vehicles in the game: it started to seem contrived when I got to the skateboard.

I found the wall that you need to go under at the end of level two to be the most difficult section of the game. Maybe move this obstacle to a later level?

Display the elapsed time and the current level on the screen. Ditch "lives" altogether. Keep track of fastest completion times for each level.

I was able to skip some difficult parts of the game by speeding rediculously quickly over them and finding a helpful wall to slow down with. I only ever jumped on the middle platform of the three-hanging-platforms object. Maybe you could make some objects need to be touched before the player can continue (either because they lower platforms, raise doors, or just make the goal work.) Alternately, you could put a limit on the horizontal velocity, or make it more difficult to accelerate the faster you're already going.

I don't think it needs a minimap - exploration was fun! :D