I don't want to nitpick overly hard, but why in the world would "Press Jump to start" work for buttons that aren't jump? I pressed space by reflex, which started the level, and then space proceeded to not be the jump button. Movement also feels clunky compared to older versions of the game, what happened?
For anyone having trouble with the hard badge, just do your absolute best to have your ball be spiked and as small as physically possible. This lets you worry less about actually saving your ball and more about keeping the platform itself level.
Important note: Since In Training items stack, carrot isn't as cost-effective as just buying apples. The apple comes to 1exp/$150, and the carrot is 1exp/$166ish.
The pathing is beyond frustrating, at least make it so the penguin picks a different target or SOMETHING after a few seconds of nothing but wall. That way it would only happen if there's only like, one left.
His parents are obviously cool with him wrecking stuff. I mean, they can afford a cannon and all sorts of specialized ammunition, I'm sure they can replace a few TV sets.