Your Amidar trainer really put me on to doing this remake. I'll link it in my game description if that's okay? Yeah, the hippo thing was my own addition, based on a Mario Party mini-game. I wrote this jingle that I really wanted to use but also wanted to include versions of the original jingles too. Good enough reason!
High score today: 54760
reached 6th level, it's fundamentally impossible to beat lol
A detail I didn't notice in the first plays is when at higher stages the 'perimeter guy' goes after you in your version he is literally chasing you; in the original it was a little less of a nightmare and more controllable because he just "followed your steps".
Oh and I still suck at the hyppo stage 😅
Apparently, in the original, the "perimeter guy" does eventually chase the player. After X number of circuits I think. Couldn't find any good videos that showed this, so I just made up the number of circuits he does before he chases you. I'm guessing I made him a little too aggressive?
As for the hippo stage, I'm not great at it either but my 14y/o seems to be able to nail it every time!