CHRYOYO HERE! :) I'm unable to run the full hack for lack of time and skill. So I was wondering when the individual levels would be here? If you plan on having any that is. If not I'd like to ask the mods what are the plans? Will more categories be added in the final release of the game?
Individual Levels will surely be added someday, there are many rom hacks were ILs need to be added that and where the priority is higher, i expect there to be ILs added until somewhere in July. However, the missing leaderboards should definitely not stop you from running single stars already if you want to.
Excellent. I assume timing will be the same as SM64's?
Time starts on the 2nd to last all-white frame. Time ends on the first frame that the star is touched.
Not entirely actually, SM64 uses real time, rom hacks use in-game time for single stars but you should just use the IGT cheat code (preferred is the one with milliseconds and centiseconds) and you don't need to worry about how to time.
IL leaderboards will probably be added when the full hack comes out, as there's no point in having them now.