Yo, I just played the demo as well and it's pretty cool. Well in my opinion, since it is a different game, it would be nice to have a separate board. I am already excited about the new game and figuring out the fastest route!

Yep thats right! For now and as far as I know the "speedrun skips" option is for skipping the evil moon animation/cutscene.

Here is what Jason Godbey (the developer) answered after my request for the skip: "Only concern I have is if people are playing for the first time and are constantly skipping the ladder cutscene in the basement. If they skip the part where they eye appears it will probably be confusing as to what just happened. I might consider doing a "speedrunner skip" option and put it in the Settings menu to allow these cutscenes to be skipped. Just want to make sure first time players don't skip these by accident."

This was his answer after an update: "Just added a "Speedrun Skip" option in the Settings menu. If that is checked before the cutscenes are run you should be able to skip them."

I wrote the developer that it would be cool if it was possible to skip the eye cutscene. He then implemented a feature for speedrunners to be able to press Q. You just have to enable that feature in the settings!