I understand that the ball remaining in the same trajectory can be annoying. But there is an easy way to change it. There is a button which speeds up the paddle. If you use that when you come in to contact with the ball you can change the angle.
I liked the game very much. There are some very tricky levels in it though.
Also don't quite understand why you seem to get the speed up item intentionally. Ordinarily I wouldn't do that.
Aha, I knew I was missing something! I tried, but nothing seemed to happen. (I was already surprised that I had to use SHIFT to launch the ball, though!)
Latok, that level is also quite hard to start! You have to be REALLY quick to survive the start of level 3!
Ah... Not Again. A friend of mine Richard Smit and I made up that name. We made the first prototype. The ball looked like the ball in Breaker (Radarsoft). But I had to study and had little time. So the others took over and made a great game! Better than I could make it.