Sophstar - Revision history

JSAV2006STG(ABC): /* Development History */

2023-12-21T04:05:35Z

Development History

JSAV2006STG(ABC): /* Trivia */

2023-12-19T20:26:33Z

Trivia

JSAV2006STG(ABC): /* Trivia */

2023-12-19T20:26:10Z

Trivia

JSAV2006STG(ABC): /* Trivia */

2023-12-19T20:25:38Z

Trivia

Hook: /* Unlockable Secrets */ confirmed a thing

2023-05-07T17:52:55Z

Unlockable Secrets: confirmed a thing

Hook: /* Controls */

2023-05-07T17:52:22Z

Controls

Hook: /* Scoring */ summarised it better

2023-05-07T17:46:58Z

Scoring: summarised it better

Hook: /* Timed challenge */ explained how it works

2022-11-11T00:38:44Z

Timed challenge: explained how it works

Hook: /* Trivia */ zanac hommage

2022-11-07T21:01:09Z

Trivia: zanac hommage

Hook: /* Characters / Ships / Styles */ ships can be categorised into roughly three groups

2022-11-06T12:10:58Z

Characters / Ships / Styles: ships can be categorised into roughly three groups

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 Then he showed it to a few friends who were more experienced in art and asset creation, they joined forces.<ref>https://twitter.com/BananaBytesBr/status/1588612829141413888</ref> First Mario Santos, Gabriel Gomes and Luiz Felipe Erthal got on board. And a little later Saulo Santiago, Elder Junior and Thiago Halleck joined the team as well.<ref>https://twitter.com/BananaBytesBr/status/1588613099518844929</ref> According to Rafael Lima all of them worked without any budget and in their spare time while working on other projects.
-The whole development took 22 months.
+The whole development took 22 months (which is 1 year and 10 months).
 == Version Differences ==

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 Its final transformation into the True Last Boss shows 真 (Shin) meaning “True”". The kanji is on the boss’ forehead as well.<ref>https://twitter.com/Emppixel/status/1588977922076921856</ref>
-''Nina''’s ''Ghost Drone'' teleport ability is loosly inspired by the Puppet Master’s ability in Akumajou Dracula: Sougetsu no Juujika.<ref>https://twitter.com/Emppixel/status/1588635463266742272</ref>
+''Nina''’s ''Ghost Drone'' teleport ability is loosly inspired by the Puppet Master’s ability in Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow / Akumajou Dracula: Sougetsu no Juujika.<ref>https://twitter.com/Emppixel/status/1588635463266742272</ref>
 The official logo not only includes a small katakana name too, but the “STA” letters are intenionally styles so they can be read as “[[Help:Shooting_game|STG]]” as well.<ref>https://twitter.com/Emppixel/status/1583577203690049537</ref>

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 Its final transformation into the True Last Boss shows 真 (Shin) meaning “True”". The kanji is on the boss’ forehead as well.<ref>https://twitter.com/Emppixel/status/1588977922076921856</ref>
-''Nina''’s ''Ghost Drone'' teleport ability is loosly inspired by the Puppet Master’s ability in Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow/Akumajou Dracula: Sougetsu no Juujika.<ref>https://twitter.com/Emppixel/status/1588635463266742272</ref>
+''Nina''’s ''Ghost Drone'' teleport ability is loosly inspired by the Puppet Master’s ability in Akumajou Dracula: Sougetsu no Juujika.<ref>https://twitter.com/Emppixel/status/1588635463266742272</ref>
 The official logo not only includes a small katakana name too, but the “STA” letters are intenionally styles so they can be read as “[[Help:Shooting_game|STG]]” as well.<ref>https://twitter.com/Emppixel/status/1583577203690049537</ref>

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 * 目 = Eye
-Its final transformation into the TLB shows 真 meaning “Tru”". The kanji is on the boss’ forehead as well.<ref>https://twitter.com/Emppixel/status/1588977922076921856</ref>
+Its final transformation into the True Last Boss shows 真 (Shin) meaning “True”". The kanji is on the boss’ forehead as well.<ref>https://twitter.com/Emppixel/status/1588977922076921856</ref>
-''Nina''’s ''Ghost Drone'' teleport ability is loosly inspired by the Puppet Master’s ability in Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow.<ref>https://twitter.com/Emppixel/status/1588635463266742272</ref>
+''Nina''’s ''Ghost Drone'' teleport ability is loosly inspired by the Puppet Master’s ability in Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow/Akumajou Dracula: Sougetsu no Juujika.<ref>https://twitter.com/Emppixel/status/1588635463266742272</ref>
 The official logo not only includes a small katakana name too, but the “STA” letters are intenionally styles so they can be read as “[[Help:Shooting_game|STG]]” as well.<ref>https://twitter.com/Emppixel/status/1583577203690049537</ref>

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 === Unlockable Secrets ===
-While you play ''arcade mode''(?) you unlock additional credits as well as graphical filters. You unlock different filters also by gaining the highest ranks in ''cadet school''(?).
+While you play ''arcade mode''(?) you unlock additional credits as well as graphical filters. You unlock different filters also by gaining the highest ranks in ''cadet school''.
 Once you finish the game on ''arcade mode'' on any difficulty, you unlock ''ultimate challenge'', which is a kind of a boss rush.

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 * '''ZR:''' teleport
-The main way is to '''hold ZR''' and set the position with the '''left stick / D-pad'''. Alternatively, if you have the '''rights stick''' enabled in the options, you can teleport by just moving the right stick, skipping the need to press the button. For some ships, like ''Rigby'' which teleports to a random position, it is enough to just tap the teleport button without other input.
+The main way to teleport is to '''hold ZR''' and set the position with the '''left stick / D-pad'''. Alternatively, if you have the '''rights stick''' enabled in the options, you can teleport by just moving the right stick, skipping the need to press the button. For some ships, like ''Rigby'' which teleports to a random position, it is enough to just tap the teleport button without other input.
 ==== Teleport system ====

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 In addition, enemies will drop ''gems'' (green on original, yellow on advanced scoring), which gets smaller (i.e. visually fall down into the background) with time. To pick it up at its max. score you almost need to point blank the enemy. If you wait too long, the item will disappear though.
-As such the main scoring tip is to '''pick up gems as quickly as you can''' and also '''keep the chain multiplier as high as possible''' as long as you can. Gems should be a priority early on, while with the later the beefier enemies it is safer to keep the multiplier going then risk death by hunting a gem.
+As such the rule of thumb for scoring is to '''pick up gems as quickly as you can''' and also '''keep the chain multiplier as high as possible''' as long as you can. Gems should be a priority early on, while with the later the beefier enemies it is safer to keep the multiplier going then risk death by hunting a gem.
 Certain enemies will drop an [[#Items|''item'']] from which you can get either ''5.000'' or ''15.000'' bonus points.
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 ==== Original scoring method ====
-The chain multiplier is limited to a maximum of ×9, so it is not a huge tragedy if you break the chain.
+The chain multiplier is limited to a maximum of ×9, so it is not a huge tragedy if you break the chain. When playing with original scoring method, gems are more important than multiplyer.
 Green gems are not affected by the multiplier, and they start with 1000 as its maximum value and as they get smaller / fall into the background, their value falls in increments of 100.
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 ==== Advanced scoring method ====
-The chain multiplier in this mode is not capped, so it can go as high as you manage to maintain it.
+The chain multiplier in this mode is not capped, so it can go as high as you manage to maintain it. Whe playing with advanced scoring method, the multiplayer (especially later on) is more important than gems.
 Yellow gems are not affected by the multiplier, and they start with 5000 as its maximum value and as they get smaller / fall into the background, their value first falls in increments of 1000, and in the end in increments of 100.

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	“Timed game with inifinite lives where you get time extends by collecting bonuses. How long can you last?”		“Timed game with inifinite lives where you get time extends by collecting bonuses. How long can you last?”
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		+	There are two times to consider in this mode:
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		+	* the clock that counts down in the top-center of the screen
		+	* the score, which is essentially how much time you managed to play
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		+	Certain enemies – or whole formations – drop blue gems, which give you time extends. At its most valuable, they add +5.0s to your clock, and then the smaller the gem gets, the less added time it gives you.
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		+	You have infinite lives, but during the death and respawn animation the clock keeps ticking, so losing a life is still a punishment.
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		+	The score is constantly ticking up, essentially showing how long you survived. The score is therefore not directly affected by how many enemies you kill, but since killing enemies is the only way to get time extend gems, it in some very indirect way still is.

	=== Endless mode ===		=== Endless mode ===

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	Conversely, the enemies in the game do not have names, even though that option was considered.<ref>https://twitter.com/BananaBytesBr/status/1588885732625874945</ref> Internally they are assigned numbers like “Midboss 18”, and some of the enemies actually have their numbers written on their sprites (e.g. the two rotund mecha-like enemies in level 1 are 52)<ref>https://twitter.com/BananaBytesBr/status/1588886016525365248</ref>		Conversely, the enemies in the game do not have names, even though that option was considered.<ref>https://twitter.com/BananaBytesBr/status/1588885732625874945</ref> Internally they are assigned numbers like “Midboss 18”, and some of the enemies actually have their numbers written on their sprites (e.g. the two rotund mecha-like enemies in level 1 are 52)<ref>https://twitter.com/BananaBytesBr/status/1588886016525365248</ref>
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		+	The first midstage boss is a hommage to [[Zanac]].<ref>https://twitter.com/BananaBytesBr/status/1589610010623242241</ref>

	There is a recurring midboss in the last levels. Every time it appears, a kanji appears. The kanji hints at the transformation it takes:		There is a recurring midboss in the last levels. Every time it appears, a kanji appears. The kanji hints at the transformation it takes:

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 When certain conditions are met you will find ''question-mark items'' – 3 in each stage. If you manage to get all three in a stage, that stage’s end-boss will be in its more difficult ''hyper mode'', and you will get an [[extend]] at the beginning of the next stage. If you beat the boss in its ''hyper mode'', you will gain a big score bonus; if you die though, the boss will revert to its normal (non-hyper) attack pattern though. For more information on how to obtain them see the [[Sophstar/Strategy#Hyper_bosses|hyper bosses]] section of the strategy subpage.
-=== Characters / Ships / Styles ===
+=== Ships ===
 Soph can pilot 9 different ships from the start, which all play very differently.
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-And in some details with their pros and cons:
+One could roughly divide the ships between the strong and fast blue ships (Reyka, Hirane, Katha), the slow [[Sophstar#Trivia|“quasi-Arobes”]] (Arobe-D, Rigby, Leo) and the miscellaneous yellow ships (Nina, Dumont, Z2).
 '''Reyka'''