Hey there - I finally had time to go back to the updated game (v3.4).
The bumped up difficulty is great and really gives the game a more strategic and high stakes vibe.
Ran into a bug though: a volcano erupted right beside me. I was standing in a forest tile. When the forest caught fire - and me too - the game crashed and became unresponsive.
Hey frocco!
Nice to hear from you again and I'm happy you like the changes!
I'm not sure what happened with the volcano.. and I'm sorry to say that I don't intend on updating the game anymore.
On a positive note; I have begun working on a completely new version of the game, so hopefully that will be out some time later this year :))