Screenshot of the day #21, playing Match-5 Mode with the latest changes.
We decided to add a timer to each sequence in Match-5. This was done to introduce a small element of tension during gameplay, as previously we found that players were very slowly moving the Ball around to hit the blocks they needed, and we wanted to have a mechanism that would make it less relaxing to do.
There was no risk / reward aspect, and although the new timer is very forgiving, it puts a cap to doing that over and over without any drawback.