Thanks bud. I replied to your post on Reddit but am posting here too. The issue with the UI is a known bug, basically it's creating a new instance of the UI every time the game starts. The picture I had noticed but don't really know why that's happening, perhaps a z index solution to be had. And 1UP is sometimes used to mean "P1" in some old arcade games, but perhaps P1 would be better.
Not sure about the time, hoping its just the UI issue, but will double check, thanks for bringing it to our attention!