Moving and avoiding obstacles is not always easy. You must measure your strength and avoid running without thinking, unless you lose a life or some lives all at once.
In directing / avoiding games, you will have to run a ball on a circuit in the sky, to drive a gondola in an amusement park or to avoid platforms and move without touching them.
Directing / Avoiding games are varied in nature but they are arcade games, that always ask to do the right thing to direct your character, your ball or your hero.