I'm putting a time trial mode into Nova the Squirrel since it really is kind of a fun game to run through as fast as possible, and it only counts time spent during gameplay so you can take your time when using the pause menu or in block placement.
There's also been a hint this entire time that there might eventually be one, because the level select graphics has a colon in the same style as the numbers, and now it has its intended use as a minutes:seconds separator in showing the best time for the level.
