Yeah, you basically just step into one of the two rewards and "sync" for about 1 sec and it will auto pick up. The gameplay progression and power up feel will give you a lot positive feedback! And there are four player levels to explore with different unique abilities!
"And by slowdown time I meant like a freeze frame / hitstop type effect." - Ah I see. That's cool idea. Definitely something we'd want to consider with next iteration.