Hey, thanks a ton for your feedback, I really appreciate it!
yeah, admittedly the lives system was a bit of an afterthought, I forgot about it in my rush to finish on time. You are right that it sets the score back to 10% but really it should just be a single run game without lives at all. I do plan to continue updating the game in the future.
If you were having troubles with the cat being too slow, you can hold Lshift or K to run faster and get further jumps. And yes, jumps with a block directly above are certainly the hardest, you need to run and abuse coyote time a bit but it is doable with some finesse.
2 minutes is good, especially if you weren't using the run mechanic, as that's when it starts to get extra fast. My personal best is 4:02, if anyone wants to try to beat it, the speed gets really crazy!
thanks again for playing!