As a thank you to all the players who've posted feedback or voiced their enjoyment of the title, I have implemented the following improvements, score target changes, visual adjustments, and bugfixes:

Improvements

• Per player request, when you restart a level it now begins half a second faster!
• You now see fewer tips on start when just replaying a single level.
• Audio rewind for instant replay in Versus mode has been restored.
• Some world map links now have nicer animations.
• A few bosses have had their level pictures updated to look cooler.
• All duel levels now have slightly better endings (without affecting score potential)

Level Score Target Tweaks

• Ricochet targets lowered.
• Riposte targets lowered.
• Precision targets lowered.
• Shockwave targets lowered.
• Rebound targets lowered.
• Evolution targets lowered.
• Recompiler targets lowered.
• Quickdraw targets lowered by a smidge.
• Surge targets lowered by a smidge.
• The Maw targets increased.

Visual Balancing

• Stationary photon brightness reduced 8%.
• Moving photon brightness reduced 6%.
• Byte trail brightness reduced 5%.
• Small pink bullet brightness increased by 4%.
• All teleport zone brightness increased by 5%.
• Byte trail flash-on-pickup reduced 8%.
• Dimming applied to large groups of bytes increased by 6%.

Bugfixes

• Extending lasers now re-extend correctly after hitting a wall.
• The player gravity circle reacts appropriately to edge case on-off scenarios like (Sword plus Invincibility).
• Circle-related power-ups no longer avoid a dashing player in Versus.
• A secret level had it's secret mechanic fixed.
• Checkbox options in the pause menu no longer flash for one frame.