Really unique take on the theme, it's quite tough though

Surprisingly fun game! It seems really simple at first, but it's challenging and the ground pound allows for some fun movement. The music and sounds were great too. Good stuff!

Fun game: simple mechanics and very well polished. The movement controls are responsive and the physics of balancing on the ball are an interesting challenge. I didn't notice the ground pound mechanic until I looked at the comments, but it is a fun option for tricky dodges. The only part of the gameplay that didn't work well for me was the projectiles, they could have used more telegraphing in my opinion. There were several times that I had just jumped and then a knife flew in from offscreen in a way that was undodgeable. The sounds are great, the music really is what sells the circus theming. I also really like the spotlights, having them following the character is awesome. Overall a very fun game, well done!

Thanks for the good feedback @smilewood!

Wow nice pixelart graphics. Simple game but with fun mechanics. Maybe the clown and ball collision could be improved.

Solid take on the core game idea, and I really liked the various small touches, like having the little particles in the spotlights.

Nice! Great overall presentation with graphics, circus mood, music, sound and a great fit for the theme! I also liked the difficulty. Nice touches with the spotlight and the crowd in the background including sound effects!
Getting too close to the sides with the knives flying in is a bad idea :P

Fun game! The art and music work well together and the gameplay is straight forward, the game can be pretty unforgiving, especially with the knifes, but overall a fun game

Fun little game with good mechanics, art and music go together rather well and the gameplay is pretty easy to pick up! Well done creating this in such a short time!!

Some of the projectiles were exceptionally hard to dodge, but I still had a lot of fun! The best I could do is 15 points. I love the sound effects, and the cheering / booing. Nice game!

Shockingly addictive! Would have preferred if the projectiles threw you off balance instead of instantly ending your run, but otherwise I was quite happy just clowning around.

I got addicted pretty quick, such a cool game!

Nice how you handled ball movement logic without any advanced physics, that's exactly how it would be done if it was an 80s computer game. At times I wished you expanded it a bit with let's say jumping (some dagger angles are impossible to avoid in some situations). Graphics is absolute 5.

Great interpretation of the theme ! The gameplay is creative and easy to get the hang of. The audio sets the circus atmosphere perfectly. It's an overall fun game !

This is such a cute game. The animations, the spotlights and the way it followed, the flying objects, and the SOUND - it was all so polished!!
Honestly, the audio was just so on point. The way the crowd would boo for not getting a new record, and the boing of the jump... really really well done.
It all felt very good.
Huge props on the ball movement and the spotlights - if there's just one piece of feedback is that's that the flying objects could be improved with some form of trail renderer on them, which will give a better understanding of the arc that they are flying on. Super minor thing, but it may make tracking all the objects feel even better.

All the same, this is super super well done. This game is awesome - nice job :)

You definitively capture the circus mood, with the music and the crowd reacting to your performances. Not much to say, but it's a decent and relatively fun game :) Good work!