the worst luck imaginable
from my experience, you seem to have far too many of those spear trolls, or just have them put in exactly the wrong space. same with the birds and asteroids, but mostly trolls. Now i understand it's a random generation, and that I am likely just being wrecked by it.
But honestly, anytime you get some momentum, it's stopped or you're spiked. This has been by far the most frustrating, and least interactive of any of the launcher games I have played. The animation is great, sounds are good, and it's a nice silly storyline, but i have really come to just hate this game for the pike-trolls and overabundance of speed checks.
The catapult upgrade seems rather weak also, granted I have not purchased the 20000 one, but each increment has been far less useful than upgrading the on use items.
It's a great game, It just loathes me and I have come to hate it.