I'm really glad you liked the idea, I'm shaking! Thanks!
I wanted to put the timer to make a sense of urgency, but a score system would have been better, you're right! I tought that since there wasn't any real penalty for "losing", it wouldn't feel so bad, but I get the sense of "aww, I lost". Definetly a change I'll make at the end of the jam!
I'm glad you liked the "math book" artstyle (it IS my math copybook, after all) and the idea, thanks!