This is really clever. I hate playing rage games like "always up," but I can seriously see this carving out a unique position among other games like that. I guess I wouldn't know if there were already 12 other games in the genre that already work exactly like this one, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt ;)
I'm really glad you guys decided to mix up the platforms. Really, I think most teams would have just made the ball and placed a few ordinary platforms and called the jam there. Way to take it a step further!