Hiya,
Thanks for the feedback - I appreciate it!
I'll have a look at adding something into the pause screen... as an interim measure, uploaded an updated version that adds a running total to the Stage Cleared screen (which is the only point the total gets updated anyway) that should at least make that a little more visible mid-game (it also fixes an occasional crash-bug, so worth updating regardless!)
In terms of the dialogue text, altering the timing on that stuff is a little on the tricky side with the way it's hanging together. Allowing the opening sequence to change timing based on button presses opens up a whole bunch of additional worm-cans that I'd rather not have to try and tackle. You can skip the entire sequence by tapping A+B at the same time though.