Hi, sorry for the late reply.
About the skipping, it is something that can break the visual aspect, of some parts (because of the change of colors depending on the scene), but it is something that we could implement in a limited way.
About the back button, it would totally break most of the minigames, so it would be much more complicated to implement, that's why at the moment of passing to a moment that can have more variations, a warning appears for you to save the progress.
And finally, we will evaluate your idea of special events, it sounds interesting.
Thanks for your comments and for taking the time to communicate your ideas.