All of the items you want to go near are listed with their values - if you see a piano or a bomb steer well clear. A piano will crush Mika and end the game (leaving poor Carassa all alone and facing a murder charge), whilst a bomb will temporarily disable you - you will be unable to move freely and will miss items. Sometimes getting hit by a bomb is unavoidable, but really try to avoid them in the later levels, as one hit could mean missing five items and ending your game.

To say the obvious - if you are sure you cannot catch all the items coming down on you, aim to catch the most valuable items. For example, aim for a dubloon rather than an umbrella.

Don't go near the pianos; sometimes it 'knocks' you dead even if you are not directly underneath it. Don't risk sliding under one.

The table is slightly outdated, but TNT didn't replace it! The item values are the same, they just look a bit more cartoony; dubloons are still worth 50 points etc.

It is possible to slide under a bomb, as long as you are sure that it won't hit Mika's head on the way.

Jumping can be used if you need to catch items quickly that are at opposite ends of the screen. It is, however, personal preference. I find it easier not to jump at all as I find it slow and unpredictable. If a slow item is falling and then Carassa chucks down a super fast item at the other end of the screen I prefer to slide across and catch that item and then go back and catch the slow one. Try out jumping when you've mastered sliding to see whether it's for you.

The items already dispatched by Carassa will continue to fall after the level time has ended, so be sure to catch them. Levels 1-6 last for 29 seconds and then each level after that is five seconds longer - level 7 is 34 seconds, level 8 is 39 seconds etc. All levels last for 30 seconds. The later levels seem even longer than they are because you are catching so many more items.

Your score can be increased largely by the end of level bonus. If you catch all of the items chucked down by Carassa, excluding pianos and bombs your score for that level will be doubled. Don't worry if you miss an item on a low level - if you catch all the items in the level after that one, your score from both levels will be doubled.

Dropping an item will mean a 2 point reduction. A good tip here is to click send score as soon as your game has ended (if you plan on sending that score at all). Otherwise you will lose 2 points per item that falls after the five limit - this often happens when you finally lose on the higher levels.