Big update: the game's balance has been rebuilt from the ground up! • New balance: every sector is fair but tense, and you'll feel yourself grow stronger. Every fire-rate upgrade now truly counts. • Battle cards: pick 1 of 3 after each fight, or skip for gold. • Elite rewards: choose the item you want from 3. • New Camp stop: repair your hull or pick a card at the Workshop. A Camp and a Shop wait before every boss. • Enemies no longer die off-screen — you'll see every explosion. • Bigger swarms that are more fun to pop. Infantry now dives in columns. • Power-ups left on screen at the end of a level carry over to your next fight. • Coins fly to you at the end of each wave. • Pressure: 4 optional difficulty tiers for veterans, with bonus gold and titles. • The Hangar shows how many hits each upgrade takes to bring enemies down. • The death screen shows what hit you, plus a tip. • A new plasma beam attack for the third boss. • The first boss's attacks now always leave a gap you can slip through. • New interactive flight training with Princess B — and discover the secret of 42. • Refreshed enemy fleets and space backgrounds in sectors two and three. • Fairer kamikaze warnings, blue shield and boss contact rules. • The power-up glow now fits your phone's rounded corners. • Your existing upgrades are kept; price differences are refunded as gold.