Thanks for checking it out! :D
The game requires quite some multitasking; while you wait for the machines to finish, you can continue to look around for formulas/ingredients as well as prepare for later stages by building stairs from the random objects in the lab: Without that step there is no way to win, once you are too small to reach the workspaces and have no way to climb up!
The next version will feature customizable difficulty settings, too, so it's easier to get the hang of it and reduce some of the time pressure!