Thanks for playing, glad you enjoyed!
The idea with the timer in the top of the screen is to keep it above zero by riding through “TIME” gates. If it reaches zero, the controls lock up and you can’t steer, so make sure you don’t go too slowly!
The high score gets topped up by bumping into large blue and small purple balloons on the track and depending on how far ahead you are when you cross the finish line, you get a high score bonus (I.e. first place gets a higher score bonus, but it could be for nought if someone else riding behind them bumps into even more balloons on the way than them to bring their score even higher). I recall that the bonus points are at a fixed amount so the only factor is race position.
I would love to do a sequel, but I am currently busy with other projects at the moment so keep up with my socials for all that stuff (never say never though!)