How To Play

Destroy enemies when they’re close to your ship for Risky! Bonus.

You can tell when enemies are Riskyable, because they spew out a little burst of particles as they pass into the Risky! Zone.

Consecutive Risky! Kills score big.

A successful Risky! Kill will give you a brief burst of shield. During this time, your ship will have a nice turquoise Ready Brekky glow and you’ll be invulnerable to all attacks.

When your Risky! Shield is active in this way, you can also run into and absorb enemy bullets.

Each enemy bullet absorbed increments the Multiplier Bar, down bottom-right.

Losing a life will reduce the Bonus Multiplier by 1. But if you can get it up to its maximum - 10x, every bullet absorbed will add points to your score.

Your shield strength is depicted by the bar underneath the shielded ship.

Absorbing FIVE enemy bullets will activate your Manual Shield (a voice says: “Shield!”). You’ll also know when your Manual Shield is available, because your ship will have a shimmering dark blue aura, and the Bonus Multiplier will be flashing.

At this time, hit the Manual Shield button to gain a brief period of invulnerability – and absorb bullets. Absorb another five bullets, get another shield, rinse, repeat, etc.

End-Of-Wave Bonuses

After each wave, you’ll be awarded bonus points based on performance.

1. No Miss Shooting: every shot hit a target.
2. All Risky!: every enemy destroyed with a Risky! Kill.
3. Deadeye: the ultimate ninja award. Every shot hits a target, every enemy destroyed with a Risky! Kill.

Wave Types

There are three...

1. Standard. Just kill everything and maximise your score. These waves are normally designed to be Deadeyeable.
2. Style. The enemies will only make one attack. Once they disappear off the bottom of the screen, they’re gone forever. These waves have hidden Style bonuses, depending on HOW you destroy stuff. Experiment. Note: ‘Rapid Fire’ laser is disabled for Style Waves.
3. Onslaught. Obnoxious, all-out attack waves. If you get through these without losing a life, you’ll be awarded a Survival bonus.

TIPS

1. Maximise score by juggling both Risky! And Manual shields in an immensely skilful, complimentary manner.

2. Bullet-absorb whoring is actively encouraged – but beware. Too much delay in finishing a wave will attract the invincible Rammer.

3. Try to retain your Manual Shield at the end of every wave, so you can use it at the beginning of the next.

4. Destroy enemies after the ‘All Clear’ for special bonus.

5. Play it safe and you won’t score high.

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