You weren't kidding about chaos! I kinda went in blind at first and I think did ok. Was wondering what was happening with the ghost meter but managed to get back in action when I died. I thought I might need to get to the green tiles while a ghost at first.
Went back and properly read the instructions and tried again, really cool! The enemy bullet spreads and using focus mode all worked great. Still super tough after 20k though! Not sure if its intended, but I put it in full screen for the second run and being able to see the whole map made things much easier (until chaos at least!). Nice work!