This would be greatly improved by tutorials for ALL games or at least a diagram or description of how to play each minigame for players who are unfamiliar. I was able to pick up most, but a few are hard to figure out (Rockers, Space Dance, Lockstep were hardest for me)
the idea is that the flood represents the world, and it's against you. Not super coherent, but I hope the other aspects of the game can make up for it :)
It's actually like part of the challenge of the game to keep from crushing the little guy! hint: he never goes downward, and always goes all the way to one side of a platform before the other. If he has the option to jump higher, he will take it.
Been asked about that a few times now-- i don't think i will add this in the near future, but maybe eventually :) I see it as a way to ruin friendships lol