This updated features a collection of changes to game of various levels of import. The following is a list of changes:

Game Balance Changes

• Enemies can now spawn behind the player.
  
• Enemies now award spirit points on death.
  

Graphical Changes

• The number of background tiles on several screens were increased.
  
• Death has new and improved animation animations.
  

Bug fixes

• A potential crash on stage 2-2 has been fixed.
  
• A bug where the boss of stage 6 would not take damage from certain attacks has been fixed.
  

I was working on a larger update, but decide to release this in the mean time because I think the game balance changes are interesting enough on their own, and because it's taking me a bit longer then expected to implement the sort of next big thing I want to to do, but I'm getting there and I definitely think that some of you are going to be really happy with it. Sorry again, for the late update. I'm sure you can imagine that such a joyous holiday season brings unique challenges to a villain such as myself, however benevolent I may be....

Contra Mundum.

-GBG