This reminds me of a game I played called cursor 10. You would click on stairways + buttons to go up, but when you need to hold down a button for the stairs to appear, you'd hold it down 'till time ran out. Then your NEXT cursor clicked on the stairs.
I can't get higher than 76 spikes, so I get my fun by screenie-ing painful shots. http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/Avrohead/Hackeys%20Stuff/PAINFUL.jpg
The only reason I got the hard badge was because I lagged on the "Fall like the rain" so the ball would go through the floor after a time. Eventually it got so fast the time was not enough. :)
Wow! This is a really fun game! I was a fan of the original, but now it has just gotten that much better! My only complaint is the alternative pink level. The first time I played it, I got close to the squiggle and the orange thing caught up to me. Now I'm too fast and the orange balls are already in my way to get on the long red line! Oh well. I'll get it soon! 4/5 stars!