Smiley Ball

You're plopped down as a red ball with a face in the game Smiley Ball, right in the middle of a floating platform. The first platform's got a gap — not huge, but missing it means dropping off completely, so you watch your timing. Most of the time, your main problem is the moving blocks sliding across your path. Sometimes there's a spiky patch, and you'll get bounced back if you go too fast. Those stars? There are three in each round, usually tucked behind blocks or just above a ledge you might skip if you're rushing.

How to play?

Start by using the keyboard to roll and nudge your way across platforms in Smiley Ball. You use the arrows to inch forward or roll back, with little taps if you want to line things up just right before a jump. Stars don't grab themselves — sometimes, you must take a tricky route or wait for a moving part to swing away first. If you get sent back by a mistake (easy, on the slippery bits), you just try again from the last checkpoint. Each round dials things up: narrower platforms, quicker obstacles. Ended up falling down a pit a couple of times myself. The last level has tighter jumps, so if you've collected all thirty-six stars by then, that's not nothing. I almost missed one behind a moving barrier, but I'm still unsure how you're supposed to get that easily. Anyway, keep at it until you see the finish flag pop up.