Wow, thank you so much for playing and leaving so much feedback!! A lot of the difficulty currently comes from bugs or lack of polish, and I do hope that my new update (coming after the jam ends) will fix many issues. Your strat is funny because it's currently the strat that most of the top scorers are using, I think skimming somewhat low most of the time is the best way to play (in this version at least). Your score is excellent, and you're 7th place on the leaderboard now!
I'm undecided on if I want smoother hills. I started with smooth ones, and use perlin noise to make them a little more "terrain like" and I kind of like the challenge it adds? The upcoming update is easier in many ways I think, so I might keep the wonky ground for now. I'm hoping to make getting fruit a little easier and high jumps much easier to land.
I'm not sure how you smacked yourself out of the sky, lol, I'll have to investigate that, thanks for letting me know.
I'm glad you enjoyed the art and colors <3 Thank you again for playing!