Small reliability and clarity update
- Steam leaderboard submissions now stay pending and retry until Steam confirms them.
- Improved save-failure and graphics recovery, with clearer on-screen guidance when recovery is possible.
- Fixed rare extra-life pickups being awarded more than once or failing after a visual error. Respawn protection now also blocks tractor pulls, and protected hits no longer consume shields or lives.
- HUD elements and messages now fade when they cover nearby enemies, projectiles or hazards.
- Reduced drawn-out cleanup against lone Space Snake heads and added more spacing between snake encounters.
- Local run history now shows known mode and start/end sectors, and unlock requirements are clearer.
Thank you to everyone who reported problems and shared detailed feedback. It made this patch possible.
