Hey brodens gave this a whirl, I like the idea of going for riskier lily pads but I kept falling in the water even on the less risky ones. I initially thought I was eating flies on top of pads as soon as I landed, but it's more of a the longer you sit the more flies you get. My highest score was like 3.8k so almost beat you haha.
I wish I could anticipate the crumbling but as soon as it crumbles you die. It does feel to be a bit more luck based so you might just get a good pad and sit out the apocalypse, and then get a few 3x flowers.
I wish I had more agency hopping around (or maybe I was playing in a way unintended?), but it felt kinda random and didn't feel like I was getting a proportional reward for sitting on less or more risky pads.