MAJOR UPDATE:

* True FULL SCREEN MODE! No more window minimizations!

* COCK inherits new ability called MAD ROOSTER. let's face it, cock needed a head's up, being so far down in the zodiac order (10th). now, when he is armed with 6 rockets, cock will not only kill other animals, but he will fly about erratically on the vertical plane, increasing his potential kill count

* MONKEY inherits new, expensive ability. for 9 total rockets, he will turn each even-numbered zodiac animal into a banana, rendering them completely useless.

* more exquisite COMPUTER AI. computer now bets based on a number of factors: round number, the relationship between players' scores, how many stones he has, and occasionally how many animals are racing. he has five tempers ranging from ultra conservative to "let's bet it all". in addition, AI considers the uniqueness of each animal, and factors that into his bet

* STATS BOARD shown at end of match. Shows data: both players' most favored animal, animal that accrued the most winning $, animal that was the biggest bust, most vicious animal, and number of lead changes 

MINOR UPDATE:

* COMPUTER player no longer bets in fractions. every number is rounded

* added music mute button to main screen. for folks who would like to play a quiet match

* added sound mute button to betting round. now you can disguise your bets from eavesdropping opponents

* changed all graphics of ANIMAL TRAPS to sprites of the unlucky animal themselves with an X thru them. this should clear up any confusion about which traps affect which animal

* added a "max bet" graphic to the race screen, shown when a player has bet all their stones

* further corrected the winner screen algorithm that causes rockets to bog down your game with lag. the maximum amount of fanfare a winner can now receive is if he has 60,000 stones. if he has more than that, it won't make a difference

* updated the animal cards to be true inverse color when you hover the betting stone over them

* corrected the shadow direction on betting stone and rockets, to match the animal cards

* realigned and enlarged the race banner sprite to correctly fit behind player bets

* reduced the size of the betting stone

* increased mask size of rocket sprites for betting round. sometimes in the past, player would place rocket on e.g. rabbit but yet the rocket wouldn't register toward the rabbit's total rocket count -- because it was placed on top of another rocket rather than the animal card itself. the new mask size will cut down on this problem

COMING SOON: $5 PAID VERSION, featuring:

* more rockets!

* 3 between-round mini-games!

* unlockable animal zodiacs! (super challenges)