This update adds new score power-ups and reworks a lot of power-up balance. It also fixes a long list of Phantom, Story and leaderboard problems.

Features

• New power-up: Clean Sweep.
• New power-up: Slam Chain. Extra shapes in one slam score more.
• New power-up: Combo Ceiling. The combo cap goes from 20x to 30x.
• New power-up: Shape Specialist
• Steam global leaderboards now show your rank when you sit outside the top 10.
• Quick Play records are now saved locally when Steam is unavailable.
• Time Bonus is redesigned as extra study time at the start of each level.

Fixes

• Fast Recovery now works correctly in 1-life challenges. Life Siphon progress and cues are fixed.
• The Spiral finale and boss attack no longer start one level early.
• Finale modes are restored when you Continue onto a windowed level.
• Level-scoped modes now end before the level-up face refresh.
• Phantom fixes:
  • The ghost frame shows correctly after a same-frame re-activation.
  • The fade starts after the level-start hold.
  • Phantom Cube faces stay hidden when faces are rebuilt.
  • Phantom Perfect is now awarded on level completion.

• The combo life-bar glow now stays in sync with the level-start hold.
  
• Spawned shapes finish their reveal before the spin-in turns them.
  
• Graphics quality changes now apply right away to the environment and active shapes.
  
• Each local leaderboard lane now shows its own data.
  
• Time Bonus respects the one-active-slot limit. A refused Continue now explains why.
  
• Qubit shop: moving into card entry no longer lands on a disabled decrement button.
  
• On macOS, the game leaves fullscreen before quitting, so no empty Space is left behind.
  
• The Gauntlet challenge description now matches its modifiers. Several power-up descriptions are corrected.
  

Balance

• Rebalanced Double Drop, Dual Circuit, rescues and Qubit Magnet.
• Combo Extension, Fast Recovery, Life Leech and Qubit Magnet are now capped at one copy.
• Fast Recovery's fast-match window widens to 50%, and it is offered from chapter 2.
• Score Resonance is renamed, and its copies are capped at the chapters left.
• Qubit Resonance lasts one chapter per copy.
• Phantom Insurance is offered from the chapter 3 shop and in Phantom-every-level challenges.
• Plus Plus no longer appears in run openers and shows up less often.
• The combo factor in Story qubit awards is capped at 3x. The Story difficulty match bonus is removed.
• Rush opens 12% faster than Story, tapering to the unchanged finish.
• Allied fleet changes:
  • Allies now arrive at chapter 2.
  • Catches and attrition were reworked.
  • Each volley catches one or two allies.
  • The fleet reel-in is reserved for streak milestones. Chapter 4 survivors catch rarely.

• Shops no longer fill offer slots with passives you already own at the cap.