Have you ever thought about adding items like other rouge litkes that do little things, like what if you could find an item that made your yellow purple beats explosions explode into more even smaller triangles, maybe that would be one the circle things? but stackable things so you can get even more powerfull past full square mode, like what if there was an item that gave you an additional row of squares to fill, and the scanner bar got fast to scale. Im probably suggestiong to much and it may even be annoying to try to read this, but like, another item could be an addition equipment row, so you could hold 2 riot shields or a riot shield and a domino or something. I notice that if you dodge on beat, you lose that attack, and i feel like that is A LOT of wasted potential! what if when you dodged on beat it did something based on your squares, your solo yellow would dpuble in size, you pink would shoot five, your blue would deal double damage and green would make you dodge far further. I also feel as though a lock and key system could work nicely, perhaps its a bit too much for the vibe you have going on, but fighting a mini boss could drop a key that can be used after beating the boss of that stage to get a bonus item/equipment/square etc. Sorry about such the long comment its probably bothersome to read these, but i made this account just to comment. i think this game is so amazing and way too captivating, its on my steam wishlist and i cant wait to rack up hours! huge props you and everyone else who worked on this. Thanks for reading and i look forward to a reply.
Jake