You can totally have a cut scene, either before or after the game play (or both, who am I to limit you ;-). Similarly, menus, settings, and so on don’t count towards the 20 second game play limit.
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be sure to add a Skip to any cutscene :) i love cutscenes but once you view it a couple/few times, i'm ready to get back to the game ASAP :) meanwhile, when i saw this Q posted, i thought of this 20s Masterpiece which contains great cutscenes
