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Symbols explained

By Zef Parisoto (listen on Spotify) and 1 collaborators

In this guide I will explain all the symbols I know in the game. Although I'm pretty sure, not everything has to be right.
I hope that helped. If you have additional ideas, you can put them in the comments! @Developer: I LOVE YOUR GAME!

Thanks to: bigh (for sending me screenshots)

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Category: Achievements, Walkthroughs, Weapons

Languages: English

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3 May, 2016 @ 5:37am

30 Jan, 2017 @ 11:58am

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Guide Index

Overview

Beginning symbols

Main game symbols

Rare symbols

Item symbols

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Beginning symbols

After beating the game once, I think, you get the achievement HARDCORE or something. That's when a bloody white red "H" thing appears at the start of every game. If you collect it, you start the game without any shields and without the ability to collect some. (If you do, the bullets on the screen will be removed.) You will need to get to Level 5 here for an achievement.

After beating the game three times, you play all your next games in endless mode. You also unlock the BOSS RUSH which is the bloody "B" thing in the beginning of every following starting game. You will need to kill god in this boss rush to get an achievement.

Main game symbols

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Power: makes your bullets damage the enemies more.

Ratio: makes you shoot more bullets at the same time.

Shield: adds one shield for your safety. If no shield is left, the music will double speed and the next damage you take will end the game.

Mecha turret: A teammate will join the battle and fly around you whilst shooting at your enemies too. He shoots in the same way as you do, except from missiles, I think.

Missile: Every second while pressing the shooting button you will shoot two powerful missiles. They can be stacked by being collected another time and collecting "Ratio" will also increase their ratio.

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H (homing bullets): makes your bullets automatically move to the nearest enemy.

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B (bomber bullets): turns your bullets into bombs which shoot bullets in all directions after one second.

Overload: turns the game faster, so you may get hit more, but you also can score more points.

Rare symbols

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--> You can get them after MAD EVENTS or finished BOSS FIGHTS.

POW (super power): increases your power ... a lot.
Star (star power): I don't know more than the title says. Collect it, it's good.
Red knife thing (scissors): Just collected it one time and my shields went to zero... so maybe it gives you some kind of super power, but I didn't discover it yet.
Octopus thing (the power of Cthulhu): Collect it, it's good.
Rainbow-colored cross which is turning around fast (???): turns your bullets into laser, colores the laser and your ship red and is just super awesome!
Ring (from Lord of the Rings): makes you shoot double bullets from left and right part of your ship.
White bubble with P on it (mega power): ...
White bubble with L on it (hardlight): turns your bullets into laser
M with a little dot at its bottom right (armed ...): makes you shoot only missiles, but very many of them
Rainbow-colored square without any letter (rainbows): turns your bullets into rainbow bullets, but I don't know if that changes their power.
Normal mushroom (???): Puts a Mario M on your ship and ... that's all I know.
Green mushroom (extra life): makes you able to return to the game after dying. You will have three shields and all your ship's upgrades you had before you died are maintained, except the Mecha Turrets, which apparenlty went down with your old ship. It will also give you an achievement.
Button (president's authority): ???
Sheet of paper (contract with the devil): ???
Holy grail: makes you shoot blood laser like beams

Item symbols

NOT WHILE DRIVING MAN!: makes beeping sounds and drives enemies into the sides.
TV DOESN'T WORK: makes your game look broken for two seconds whilst deleting all enemies and their bullets which were on the screen. It does not remove things like shields or harm your controls.
PRESIDENT'S BUTTON: sends a line of rockets from the bottom of the screen.
SHUT UP: removes all enemies' bullets from the screen.
GO!GO!GO!: has the same effect as the overload main symbol.
IMMA FIRIN MAH LAZOR: makes huge blue lazers appear on the bottom of the screen for a few seconds to damage enemies.

24 Comments

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ʜᴜɴɢʀʏ ɢʜᴏꜱᴛ 16 May @ 3:38pm

nice, a power up that basically activates hardcore mode removing my 5 stored shields, just great.

Biha 16 May, 2022 @ 11:09pm

Anyone know what the star does? I thought it was like invincible star in mario cart and tried to run into enemies but NOPE, it just turns you rainbow I guess?

ὄντος 11 May, 2020 @ 1:17pm

I found out that the button gives you more rockets

Zef Parisoto (listen on Spotify) [author] 30 Jan, 2017 @ 12:01pm

Thanks so far. I just don't play the game anymore, so if there is any additional work like taking screenshots of things, I won't do it. If you have very certain things to add, then you can tell them to me, but I'll have to mark you as contributor if there are big changes to do.

AllSeeingAI 29 Jan, 2017 @ 9:14pm

Finally, perhaps this was a recent addition, but I've run into a powerup as Gwen that looks like a midieval shield, giving you a rotating barrier.

AllSeeingAI 28 Jan, 2017 @ 3:50pm

Also, I haven't beaten the game yet and I have the Hardcore option, so... maybe it happens after you use an Extra Life? The achievement for it is called Hardcore after all.

AllSeeingAI 28 Jan, 2017 @ 3:48pm

I've found a couple of things. First, Missiles won't fire if you aren't shooting (that's not clear in the guide), and their rate of fire is also increased by Ratio.They also stack -- getting the powerup again gives you 2 more missiles to fire per volley.
Second, the Extra Life seems to maintain all of your ships upgrades you had before you died except the Mecha Turrets, which apparenlty went down with your old ship.

Zef Parisoto (listen on Spotify) [author] 6 Aug, 2016 @ 1:51am

If you want to make that guide better, I can mark you as contributor. I won't expand it by myself.

Bruh 6 Aug, 2016 @ 1:02am

some power ups will screw you if far enough in (ones that change your attack)

Zef Parisoto (listen on Spotify) [author] 16 Jul, 2016 @ 12:49am

Guys, sometimes it's very helpful to just take a screenshot and send it to me. Then I can immediately add it. Thanks so far!

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