Thanks!
This was indeed inspired by game I also played as a kid. After looking it up myself I found its name was Circus Charlie. But thats on Nintendo so you might mean diferent game. Still had rolling balls and flaming rings though.
Only thing you control about the jump is how fast you are moving forward at the start of the jump. I felt like adding visible speed bar helped me in making more good jumps at the right time.
I don't think I'll be making it any easier this month as no changes should be made while rating.