Hani On The Road

[Spector]

This is a nice little game that I discovered a few months ago. Coming back to it, I wonder what the point is of the little blue potions scattered across the moving platforms. There is a counter at the bottom of the screen for them suggesting they serve a purpose other than points, but as yet I haven't figured out what that purpose is. Can any Hani fans care to enlighten me?

[Necromancer]

After collecting a certain number (25?), you get an extra life and the counter goes back to zero.