Plants vs. Zombies: Starstruck/Gameplay

Plants vs. Zombies: Starstruck is a tower defense game like previous installments in the series. Unlike its predecessor, PvZ3, Starstruck is horizontal and 2D, and its board has again been resized to become 5x10.
===Worlds===
Levels of the game are divided into worlds, the first being a skippable tutorial called Player's House. Every world after the first world also contains a Split Timeline, a similar, smaller world with harder levels and stronger plants. A Split Timeline world can only be unlocked after completing a certain goal within its' main universe counterpart.
===Seeds===
Seeds return from PvZ2 in similar fashion, each being specific to a certain Plant. Seeds can be used to buy upgrades on that Plant's Skill Tree. Certain Plants, such as those unlocked in Invasion!, are unlocked in the same manner as 'seedium' Plants from PvZ2, requiring a number of seeds to unlock and use.
===Piñatas===
Seeds are found in Piñatas, which make a return from PvZ2. There are several different types of Piñata:
* Player's House Piñata - A Piñata containing 50x seeds belonging to random Plants unlocked in the Player's House world.
* Night Piñata - A Piñata containing 50x seeds belonging to random Plant unlocked in the Blackout Night world.
* Random Piñata - A Piñata containing 50x random seeds for Plants the player has already unlocked.
* Guardian Piñata - A Piñata containing 50x seeds belonging to random, already unlocked Guardian Plants.
===Plant Food===
Plant Food returns in similar fashion to PvZ2, activating a brief but powerful effect from a Plant. Plant Food is now represented as a progress bar, giving one Plant Food for every 25 Zombies destroyed, and maxing at four Plant Food.
===Skill Trees===
Main article: Skill Trees
Every Plant has a Skill Tree, containing one base upgrade and then two paths of three upgrades. Upgrades can be bought using Seeds that belong to that Plant's Family. After unlocking the first upgrade in a Skill Tree, the player must lock themselves into one of the two paths to take the Plant down, although the choice can be switched and the upgrades refunded after paying 500 coins.
===Brain Busters===
Brain Busters are levels that add different mechanics, conditions, or objectives to gameplay. These Brain Busters are:
*Side-Swap - Between waves, the board and all Plants switch directions. Zombies approach from where the house once was and the house becomes where they originally approached.
*Special Delivery - Instead of choosing Plants, Plants are sent to the player for free on a conveyor belt. Sun producers become unnecessary.
*Save Our Seeds - The player has to prevent Zombies from eating specific Plants, and lose if they do.
*Vasebreaker - The player must break vases to find Plants and Plant Food and use those Plants to defeat Zombies hidden in other vases.
*Immortals - The player can't allow three or more Plants to be destroyed.
*Unsodded - The first and last lanes can't be planted on.
*Locked and Loaded - The Plants are chosen for the player.
*Boss Battle - A Special Delivery level at the end of a world, usually with a boss such as a Gargantuar.
===Currency===
Coins make a return from PvZ2, serving a similar role to their appearance in PvZ2. They can be unlocked after completing a level, 10 for every lawn mower remaining. Gems return as well, as the 'paid' currency of the game, and can currently only be used to buy any remaining seeds for 'seedium' Plants introduced in Invasion!
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