if I could make one suggestion. don't make the how to's a once time thing but maybe something the player can check before the minigame. mostly for the cases where a player returns after a long break they may forget how the minigame goes
I appreciate the suggestion, I think what I'll do with the time-based minigames moving forward is sort of a "click to start" thing where once you click the minigame even option, you're given explicit instruction that goes away once you click/start playing the minigame.