Could you make the pause menu cover the whole board? Otherwise it's easy cheating your way around the 2 minute timer. Other than that, this is the kind of simple, ingenious, game concept I wish I would've thought of, even though I'm not a game dev. Also, I got 69 on my first try, which is really nice imo.
thank you! nice indeed.
pausing: true! but I like it how it is currently: the score changes color slightly after pausing, which strikes a nice balance – it makes it easy to tell if someone paused, without forcing them to play the intended way. (and here’s a longer version of these thoughts: https://pancelor.itch.io/make-ten/devlog/740875/v14-pause-indicator-deluxe-edition )