Yeh, these things happen! And to be fair, the way you've applied the timer limitation is pretty similar to alot of other games in the jam. There are a few like yours that the 'timer' only applies on actions, and I've taken the same approach of reducing my rating since I think it's 'limited resource' really; there are other games where the drain is constantly there, and I think that's a fairer application of the timer idea.