Moon Dancer - Revision history

Hook: added reference

2025-10-20T13:35:14Z

added reference

Atonic at 21:16, 30 September 2023

2023-09-30T21:16:39Z

Atonic at 19:53, 30 September 2023

2023-09-30T19:53:04Z

Atonic: Gave some attention to this game page. needs further information and research. Added a brand new infobox / table of contents.

2023-09-30T02:07:01Z

Gave some attention to this game page. needs further information and research. Added a brand new infobox / table of contents.

BB at 01:50, 10 March 2023

2023-03-10T01:50:23Z

BB: /* Unlockable Secrets */

2023-03-10T01:48:48Z

Unlockable Secrets

13ird: Added Arcade and Caravan Stage Clearing Bonuses alongside information of the Switch release

2023-03-09T23:09:25Z

Added Arcade and Caravan Stage Clearing Bonuses alongside information of the Switch release

13ird: Fixed formatting

2023-03-09T22:40:06Z

Fixed formatting

13ird at 22:32, 9 March 2023

2023-03-09T22:32:08Z

13ird: Added confirmed facts as to the game's various scoring systems.

2023-03-09T22:31:13Z

Added confirmed facts as to the game's various scoring systems.

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:35, 20 October 2025
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	Lives - number of remaining lives x10,000		Lives - number of remaining lives x10,000

		+	==Further reading==
		+
		+	[https://www.teraringames.com/entry/MoonDancer_e Official description and concept of Moon Dancer on Terarin Games’ website]

	[[Category:Independent/Doujin shooting games]]		[[Category:Independent/Doujin shooting games]]

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 | image = Moondancer_capsule.jpg
 | width = 250px;
-| imagecaption = Game title artwork (Steam)
+| imagecaption = Cover artwork (Steam)
 | imagescalepx = 180px
 | developer = [[Terarin Games]]

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 [[File:Moon_Dancer_Screenshot.png|thumb|right|Windows Version]]
 ''Moon Dancer'' is a vertical-scrolling shooter game developed and published by [[Terarin Games]]. It was released on January 14, 2022 for Microsoft Windows and is available worldwide on Steam in English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Portuguese. A Switch version was published by Regista and released on the Japanese E-Shop in July and in other regions later on September 29th, 2022. The Switch version features more detailed graphics and minor enemy and powerup location differences in both Arcade and Caravan modes.
 The game features full controller support and in-game settings for vertical monitors (tate), supporting both 90 and 270 degree rotations.

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 [[File:Moon_Dancer_Screenshot.png|thumb|right|Windows Version]]
 ''Moon Dancer'' is a vertical-scrolling shooter game developed and published by [[Terarin Games]]. It was released on January 14, 2022 for Microsoft Windows and is available worldwide on Steam in English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Portuguese. A Switch version was published by Regista and released on the Japanese E-Shop in July and in other regions later on September 29th, 2022. The Switch version features more detailed graphics and minor enemy and powerup location differences in both Arcade and Caravan modes.
 The game features full controller support and in-game settings for vertical monitors (tate), supporting both 90 and 270 degree rotations.
 Your ship features a lock on laser. According to the developer, the game focuses on attacking the enemy rather than avoiding bullets.
 ==Game Modes==

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:50, 10 March 2023
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	''Moon Dancer'' is a vertical-scrolling shooter game developed and published by [[Terarin Games]]. It was released on January 14, 2022 for Microsoft Windows and is available worldwide on Steam in English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Portuguese. A Switch version was published by Regista and released on the Japanese E-Shop in July and in other regions later on September 29th, 2022. The Switch version features more detailed graphics and minor enemy and powerup location differences in both Arcade and Caravan modes.		''Moon Dancer'' is a vertical-scrolling shooter game developed and published by [[Terarin Games]]. It was released on January 14, 2022 for Microsoft Windows and is available worldwide on Steam in English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Portuguese. A Switch version was published by Regista and released on the Japanese E-Shop in July and in other regions later on September 29th, 2022. The Switch version features more detailed graphics and minor enemy and powerup location differences in both Arcade and Caravan modes.

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 ==Unlockable Secrets==
-As is the case with several other of Terarin’s games, a stage select menu is accessible in Moon Dancer. To use it, input (left, right, left, right, left, right) during the opening cutscene of Arcade Mode.
+As is the case with several other of Terarin’s games, a stage select menu is accessible in Moon Dancer. To use it, input ( ← → ← → ← → ) during the opening cutscene of Arcade Mode.
 ==Scoring==

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 [[File:Moon_Dancer_Screenshot.png|thumb|right]]
-''Moon Dancer'' is a vertical-scrolling shooter game developed and published by [[Terarin Games]]. It was released on January 14, 2022 for Microsoft Windows and is available worldwide on Steam in English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Portuguese.
+''Moon Dancer'' is a vertical-scrolling shooter game developed and published by [[Terarin Games]]. It was released on January 14, 2022 for Microsoft Windows and is available worldwide on Steam in English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Portuguese. A Switch version was published by Regista and released on the Japanese E-Shop in July and in other regions later on September 29th, 2022. The Switch version features more detailed graphics and minor enemy and powerup location differences in both Arcade and Caravan modes.
 The game features full controller support and in-game settings for vertical monitors (tate), supporting both 90 and 270 degree rotations.
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 ===Stage Clear Bonuses===
-Stage Points - Stage Dependent
+====Arcade Stage Clear====
 Destroyed - number of enemies destroyed x100
-Crystal - number of crystals held x1000
+Crystal - number of crystals held x100
 Lives - number of remaining lives x10,000
 [[Category:Independent/Doujin shooting games]]

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 Each enemy type from fodder to boss has a base points value awarded when destroyed.
 Additional points are earned upon destroying every enemy in the same grouping.
 Destroyed enemies drop crystals that can be picked up for an end of stage bonus (100 points each). Destroying an enemy causes all of their bullets remaining onscreen to be canceled and converted into crystals. Held crystals are lost on death.
-There are invisible areas throughout each stage that, when a player targets and destroys them, creates a pickup worth 50,000 points.
 Certain missiles, such as those found in Stage 2-2, award the player 10,000 when destroyed.
 Any Shot Powerups a player picks up when at max level is worth 10,000.
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 ====Making Chains====
 Chains in Moon Dancer are created by hitting anything targetable with one of your lock-on laser projectiles. It increases by one per laser that connects and does not go up if the target is destroyed before the laser hits it. The time window for increasing your chain is quite short: it is impossible to go up to max number of lock-ons without losing it, and it appears to be impossible to chain entire stages on account of lulls during level transitions. A considerable amount of score in Moon Dancer can be gained or lost through maintaining long chains.
 ====Points through Chaining====
 When a chain of 5 or more ends, the player receives points of the chain amount x300.
 In addition, every non-boss enemy has an assigned bonus point value that is multiplied by the current chain and added to their base destruction value. The bonus for fodder enemies can be as low as 40 points per chain, but rarer enemies such as the caravan miniboss and the self-assembling drones found in caravan and 3-3 have values of 225 and 300 respectively.
 Bosses do not grant a chain bonus on defeat, making them generally impossible to milk. However, the Stage 2 boss occasionally spawns small tanks, creating small payouts for the chain you can build on it.
 ===Stage Clear Bonuses===
 Stage Points - Stage Dependent
 Destroyed - number of enemies destroyed x100
 Crystal - number of crystals held x1000
 Lives - number of remaining lives x10,000