Towards the end I was concerned that i'd be able to make enough gold in one jump to buy another jump, on my best jump I only earned around 300 gold. This is a well balanced score game, ended with a total score of 2019673.
one solution to the timer problem would be to keep a timer, but have it only for scoring purposes. A better time would give a higher medal but you wouldn't be able to outright lose a level from running out of time.
Fair enough)