Players can now have up to 7 extra lives, it was only 3 previously. There is a small chance that upon death, foes will drop an extra life pickup. Now all brick type tiles have a one in thirty chance to spawn a white gem when destroyed(happens more often than you might think). These changes will help to ease player frustration and enable them to progress further into the game. PermaDeath is still active but now, with more extra lives available and more gem units available NOT DYING is more manageable.
Found and fixed a huge oversight with the players charge shot at UP-RIGHT-DIAGONAL not doing anything, now it fires as expected.
Small edits to some levels to better balance the difficulty.