This was a fantastic evolution of the original version, my only frustration, is the original had endless growth at many of the game-over moments. It was frustrating when you entice the player with growth from failing the encounter, only to fade to black and give a wall of text. It would have been amazing to just be able to sit and enjoy the growth of characters escalating. Either they keep growing until you submit to the game over, or they keep growing until you leave the area, (seeing as throughout the run time many characters shrink back down for narrative purposes anyway, it doesn't really disrupt the story when having them grow indefinitely)
I felt this especially strongly when it came to visiting the sister, the bug fairy queen, the water girl, The Gator, The shadow girl, and Serenity's multiple different stages of her chapter. That cliffhanger ending would have been so much stronger had you watched her growing the entire time the story was scrolling along the bottom in a text box. other game overs would have been great in a similar way.