This is a major update for the game Square.  This update will cover the following...

• Casual Difficulty
• Cheat Code Menu
• Stage Select Menu
• Bug fixes and graphical changes
• Ideas

CASUAL DIFFICULTY:

Play through the game with unlimited lives and time. This was a suggestion from Jediden. (My brother). Thank you for the suggestion.

In casual mode, since you do not have to worry about lives, you can still collect as many coins as you can. Enemy placement and boss difficulty is the same as if it were Easy Mode. Bonus multiplier for continuous enemies destroyed by stomping on them or with the lightning powerup will continue to rise instead of giving you an extra life. Rack up those points! 

CHEAT CODE MENU: 

Enter cheat codes that are found in Hints throughout the game and enter them to unlock them. Current benefits of cheat codes are as follows...

• Stage Select
• 999 Lives (Not in Casual Mode)
• 9999 Time Limit (Normal and Hard Only)
• Invulnerability
• BGM: OFF (Background Music)

You cannot access Cheat Code Menu in Demo Version of the game.

STAGE SELECT MENU:

Once you have unlocked the cheat code "Stage Select" and you have selected a difficulty, you may select the stage you wish to play through. Please note that once you have completed the selected stage, you will be sent back to the Title Screen.

 No statistics will be saved if any cheat code except, BGM: OFF is active. 

BUG FIXES AND MINOR CHANGES:

• Cutscene character no longer stays on screen when cutscene is skipped.
• When game loses focus on the Stage Clear screen, the pause menu no longer pops up on it.
• Save file is now a new format.

It saves and loads data more accurately than the old system. Please note, previous versions of the game save file will no longer be compatible. If the file exists, the file will be removed from your computer once the game starts. Unfortunately, all data collected on the previous file will be lost. Save file only saves statistics records and Options Data. It does not save game progress.

• Statistics now saves data from Casual Difficulty.

High Score, fastest run time, and max coins collected.

• Minor changes to World 7.
• Minor change to World 8-3. The brick blocks now respawn if you lose a life.

The included Instruction manual documentation has also been updated. 

Please comment or send me a message to report any bugs you may experience.

Have a suggestion for me, do not hesitate to reach out. All suggestions will be considered.  Here are some ideas I received from others that could be part of the game. Let me know your thoughts on them.

• Make enemies be squished then explode after defeating them.
• Player jump animation squish then jump even when jumping off enemies to give player more character.
• Make enemies and bosses have red eyes.
• Add a little color to environment around the player as he collects Crystals.
• Additional animation for falling spikes to give player a little more time to respond to it falling.
• Better options for Game Controller Configuration.