I have been lurking here for a while, but so far I am only playing it causally myself.

I made a patch/mod to the game to hopefully make speedrunning easier. I am calling it the Unofficial Patch 2.1 for now, and you can play it here: https://randomdude4.github.io/UniversalPaperclips/

You can find more information here: https://github.com/RandomDude4/UniversalPaperclips (where you can also download the game to play it locally)

The essential improvements are:

• No change to the game mechanics so all times are compatible with Patch 2
• Replaced ads in the top right corner with an in-game-timer (IGT)
• The IGT in the top corner is clickable and gives possibility to reset all progress and restart the game
• The IGT (and all internal calculations) now only starts when you first press a button
• Added decimals to the printed IGT after completing milestones/game (the game always used 0.01 s internally, but it never displayed it)
• Added dark-mode to be easier on the eyes.
• Removed display resolution restrictions so you can play it on any device.

What do you all think, could something like this be useful for speedrunning?

Very cool. I like that the swarm gifts timer is accurate now.