THANK YOU for the kind words, it was a quick spur of the moment idea - I built it on mac, tested it (and saw the pointer problem, fixed it a _little_ on windows) - hopefully you can try the new download:
EDIT: I fixed the paddle issue - go to
https://itch.io/jam/cgj/rate/474650
and check out the new download!
THANKS!
it's tolerable!