Comet

## Overview

Comet is a game developed by SyCreeper on the website Scratch. It was the first game of the Comet series that was made and was released in July in 2019. It gained 19300 views, 470 loves and 370 favourites on the websites. It is currently in version v8.4 and is not currently being worked on. The game can be found here.

More recently, the game was also released on SyCreeper's itch.io. That can be found here.

## Gameplay

### Game

   Comet features the player controlling an astronaut, flying around on a moon using a jetpack to dodge asteroids. The player has three lives and must collect coins for skins, upgrades and more.

Asteroids drop 0 to 3 coins and coins give about 8 score and every second survived adds 1 to the score.

Every while there can be a random event. These events include a UFO, a Health Ship and a Shooting Star. The UFO shoots a random number of bullets at the player, which each take a heart off the player upon being hit. The health ship has a chance of dropping a health pack, which restores all hearts. The shooting star, when it lands on the moon, drops 30 to 100 coins.

Every while a powerup can appear. These include coin rain, speed up, speed down, 2x coins, coin magnet, invisibility, 2x score and shield. Coin rain makes 100 coins fall from the sky. speed up speeds up the player and asteroids by two times the speed. Speed down slows down the player and asteroids by two times the speed. 2x coins makes asteroids drop 0 to 6 coins, makes coin rain drop 200 coins and makes shooting stars drop 60 to 200 coins. Coin magnet makes all coins fly towards you. Invisibility makes the player mostly transparent, making the game harder. 2x score makes collecting coins and surviving give twice the score. Shield makes a green shield appear around the player, which breaks asteroids and UFO bullets. Powerups typically last 15 – 20 seconds.

### Skins

There are currently 27 skins available in the game. 14 of these are official skins. One of the official skins was made by SyCreeper’s friend, S\_W\_U\_P Gaming. 13 of the 27 skins are community made skins. Three of these skins were made free during events and two are free eternally for players who completed the event challenges.

Official skin list:

Defult (the first skin made, the base skin for all the others)

Evil (a sort of inverted version of default)

   Easter (a suit with ears, made free for the 2020 easter event and for players who completed the event)

Santa (made free during the 2019 Christmas event)

Boi (a skin that is not wearing a suit)

Zombie

Skeleton

You Can’t See Me (a skin that is only outlined and not filled in)

SyCreeper (the base skin recoloured to SyCreeper’s original logo colours)

help me (a creeper wearing a visor)

Glitch - S\_W\_U\_P Gaming (a skin made by SyCreeper’s friend)

SyCreeperBR (a dragon skin in black clothes, later named Sy in future games. It is made free for SyCreeper)

left2 (a shiny Totodile skin, accessed through a secret in the game)

Birthday (a skin made for the 2020 Comet Anniversary event, made free during the event and free for players that completed the event. It is the default skin but with a party hat)

The official skins are mainly 250 coins. left2 is the only skin that can’t be bought.

Unofficial skins:

SCP-MTF (created by cs2385244)

Outer Borker (created by DatGamir\_808)

Ultra Chicken (created by Legochicken55)

Purple Boy (created by PlatypusBuddyMan)

Default Skin Variant (created by 762795)

Atomic Fish (created by AtomicFish)

Samus (created by lummix)

Default Skin Variant (created by chestnut70986)

Pyromania (created by StormViper12)

Spoky (created by Sviger)

The Good Boi / Rainbow Man (created by -DOTHLAND--Oficial-)

Davie504 (created by cs1742524)

Unnamed Skin (created by biscuit000)

The unofficial skins are usually 500 coins. Some are 1000 coins and one is 5000 coins.

### Temporary Powerups

Temporary Powerups are a feature in the game that give special advantages at the beginning of the game and sometimes for the whole game. They typically last 20 seconds.

    The powerups include:

2x Coins (lasts the whole game, gives 2x coins from everything)

Slow Down (lasts 20 seconds, makes asteroids and the player slower)

Speed Up (lasts 20 seconds, makes asteroids and the player slower)

Ray Gun (unlocks the ray gun, which can be used to shoot asteroids to break them. Also unlocks 10 ammo)

Ray Gun Ammo (adds 1 ammo for the ray gun)

### Upgrades

Upgrades are a feature in the game that give special advantages such as moving faster and more health. All upgrades have multiple levels and the price increases over time. The only exception is the Random Powerup upgrade.

    The upgrades include:

Score Booster (increases score gained)

More Coins (increases minimum coins gained from asteroids)

Flying Speed (increases speed when flying)

Turning Speed (increases speed when turning)

Powerup Appearance Rate (increases the speed at which powerups appear)

Health Upgrade (increases the maximum number of hearts the player has)

Random Powerup (unlocks a random powerup. Can double up)

### Achievements

Achievements are features in the game that give coins when completed. There are normal achievements and special achievements.

Normal Achievements:

Survive 10 seconds – gives 10 coins

Survive 100 seconds – gives 100 coins

    Survive 500 seconds – gives 500 coins

Survive 1000 seconds – gives 1000 coins

Get 100 coins – gives 10 coins

Get 500 coins – gives 50 coins

Get 1000 coins – gives 100 coins

Get 10000 coins – gives 1000 coins

Gain 100 score – gives 10 coins

Gain 1000 score – gives 100 coins

Gain 10000 score – gives 1000 coins

Gain 100000 score – gives 10000 coins

Special Achievements:

Gain 50 coins in Totodile’s minigame – gives the left2 skin

### Events

There have been three events in Comet’s past. These include the 2019 Christmas event, the 2020 Easter event and the 2020 Anniversary event.

The 2019 Christmas event added snow to the game, gave most skins Christmas hats, made the Santa skin free and made the moon snowy. It also added Christmas music and a snowman skin which got removed after the event.

The 2020 Easter event added a secret easter egg (hidden behind the score count) that when clicked when play a sound and allow for the player to use the Easter skin for free eternally. It also made the Easter skin free for the duration of the event.

The 2020 Anniversary event changed the Default skin to the Birthday skin and the default jetpack to a cake. 5 candles were added to the moon, which when all lit by the jetpack would grant the player the Birthday skin for free eternally as well as 100 coins. It also added birthday music to the game.

### Removed Features

The Vault – Allowed access to some removed features, which included the asteroid shower powerup, the less asteroids upgrade and the ray gun. It was removed due to not fitting into the game well and making the game more buggy.

Asteroid Shower Powerup – Created a wave of 20 asteroids. It was removed for creating extreme lag and breaking the game. Sprites would often get stuck at the top of the screen and the clone limit would be reached for an unknown reason.

Less Asteroids Upgrade – Made less asteroids spawn. It was removed due to making the game too easy and boring when bought.

Upgrade Achievements – Would give coins when an upgrade was fully completed. It was replaced with the Gain Score achievements due to some upgrades being removed and lots more being added.

Save Codes – Allowed the player to copy and paste a line of text containing their data, which allowed for continuing progress after screen refreshes, etc. It was removed due to becoming quickly outdated as new features kept getting added in.

Skin Shop – A whole menu screen for buying skins. It was removed for being buggy and replaced with the buy button.

No Jetpack Powerup – Made it so the player could no longer boost with the jetpack for a short period of time. It was removed due to extreme bugs.

## Patch Notes

v0.0 - Released

v1.0 - 6 new in-game Powerups! Speed up, slow down, coin shower, coin magnet, asteroid shower and 2x coins! Removed fire from asteroids.

v1.1 - Removed Asteroid Shower powerup due to game-breaking glitch. I will try to fix it but in the meantime, it's gone.

v1.2 - Added upgrade name and cost, removed asteroids in menu

v1.3 - Added settings. You can toggle lag and SFX. Squashed bugs

v1.4 - Added coins upon beating achievements and achievements appear on the screen when collected.

v2.0 - Added random events. A shooting star, ufo or rocket could appear at any time!

v2.1 - New powerup appearance rate upgrade! Speed up the rate at which powerups appear!

v2.2 - Added save codes! They save your achievements (Though you can get them again, sorry), your upgrades and your coins!

v2.3 - Added skin shop, though it has some bad glitches...

v2.4 - Removed the How To Play menu due to a major glitch where it wouldn't open.

v2.5 - Added ingame black border, better asteroid break animation, score, high score, global high score, fixed bug where skin wouldn't change on the second game.

v2.6 - New skin shop! Buy your skins directly from the menu! New skin and jetpack by S\_W\_U\_P GamingYT - Glitch! Fixed bug where pressing the back button for skins didn't work. Fixed bug where exiting out of skin shop opens how to menu.

v3.0 - Temporary power ups! Get a speed boost at the start, slow everything down for a bit or have 2x coins the whole game! Bug fixes.

v3.0.1 - New skin (SyCreeperBR) that took me literally 30 minutes to make with matching 'jetpack' (Retribution). Subscribe to SyCreeper on YT.

v3.1 - Temp powerups glitches fixed

v3.2 - MOBILE SUPPORT! Plus music settings that have no use right now. Fixed upgrade and achievements ingame glitch. Note: mobile players don't get the joy of jetpack animations so that's what you get.

v3.3 - Menu is now dark. Powerups are now purchasable and the score booster upgrade can now be bought. Bug fix where temporary powerups menu is accessible elsewhere.

v3.4 - Vault. Access ray gun, how to and asteroid shower here.

v3.4-and-a-half - Powerdowns, which include invisibility and no jet pack (sorta glitchy but i don't care)

v3.5 - Removed no jetpack, fixed dark mode, fixed bug where jetpack resets after a game ends, fixed upgrade bug.

v3.6 - Finally made music for the game! Enjoy. Remember, you can turn off music in the settings!

v4.0 - Christmas update. Snow, more music and new skins.

v4.1 - Removed Less Asteroids upgrade for increased difficulty and to fix a game breaking glitch.

v4.2 - Removed Christmas update.

v4.3 - Buy Button no longer appears in achievements, skins also can't be purchased in screens other than the menu. Music no longer continues after music is turned off.

v4.4 - Added fixed how to menu.

v4.5 - Asteroids take 3 seconds to start appearing at the beginning of the game.

v4.6 - Jetpack no longer disappears when killed while invisible.

v4.7 - Settings button no longer doubles up, hiding the back button. Menus no longer can be accessed in settings. Settings can no longer me accessed in game. Temp. Powers menu cannot be accessed in other menus. Removed vault. Settings now appears in achievements and how to play menu. Players cannot change skins in game now. Removed save codes to fix up. Fixed bug where music setting doesn't work after playing a game. Loading screen.

v4.8 - Repositioned score and coins. Increased chance of health pack. Fixed loading screen and score. Music plays after loading screen. Random powerups from 100 coins to 50. Jetpacks repositioned.

v4.9 - Replaced fully upgrade achievements with score gained achievements. Squashed the most annoying bug which caused the slide phase to stop you from boosting temporarily. Edited gain coins achievement to overall gained coins. Made coin sound effect.

v4.10 - Slide phase works properly on mobile.

v5.0 - The ray gun is back, bug free as well! Temp. Powerups menu can be accessed after a game. Sized up boost and arrow buttons. Mobile button for shooting (click on the screen to place the button then click the button to shoot). Up to boost, space to shoot.

v5.1 - Stars move when the boost button is clicked. Shoot button hidden at start and more ghosted. Powerup appearance rate upgrade works now. Invisibility powerdown purchasable. SyCreeperBR skin now 500 coins.

v6.0 - Click the Comet logo for coins!!! $$$ Added totodile skin and totodile achievement. Powerup appearance rate upgrade works at max tier.

v6.1 - 2x Score Powerup. Health upgrade.

v6.2 - Health pack and ufo bullets damage and heal with 4 or 5 hearts.

v6.3 - 2x Score Temporary Powerup, lasts all game.

v6.4 - Labelling buttons on the menu, updated how to play menu, temporary powerups have descriptions now! Mobile support for totodile's minigame.

v6.5 - Better mobile controls for totodile's minigame.

v6.6 - Removed 2x Score temporary powerup. Repositioned Totodile skin in menu. Shield powerup - stops asteroids and ufo bullets in their tracks!

v6.7 - 16/03/20, Curated! Random powerups are 25 coins instead of 50.

v6.8 - 17/03/20, Curation ended 8am this morning. 7300 views! Added @cs2385244 's skin: SCP-MTF and jetpack!

v6.9 - Increased size of shield.

v6.10- 19/03/20, front page again? What the community is remixing? Ok. Mobile buttons are hidden until you press the screen. Shoot button doesn't appear if the ray gun isn't bought.

v6.11 - UFO appears more often. Added @DatGamir\_808 's outer borker skin and jetpack for 5k coins!

v6.12 - Added @Legochicken55 's ultra chicken skin and jetpack for 500 coins! Added @PlatypusBuddyMan 's skin Purple Boy and jetpack for 500 coins!

v6.13 - Fixed bug where SCP skin can't be bought. Comet 2 April 1st? Made shooting stars more common.

v6.14 - Added @762795 's default skin variant and jetpack for 500 coins. Comet 2 Player?

v6.15 - Added @AtomicFish 's skin atomic fish and jetpack for 1k coins! Added @lummix 's skin samus and jetpack for 500 coins! Added @chestnut70986 's skin and jetpack for 500 coins! Added @StormViper12 's skin the pyromania and jetpack for 500 coins!

v6.16 - Added @Sviger 's skin spoky and jetpack for 500 coins!

v6.17 - Added @-DOTHLAND--Oficial- 's skin The Good Boi / Rainbow Man and jetpack.

v7.0 - secret easter egg. easter event!

v7.1 - Easter egg removed. Thanks to all who participated in the event! You have received your free skin! Added @cs1742524 's skin Davie504 for 500 coins + jetpack!

v8.0 – Your data doesn’t reset when the flag is pressed except after using the konami code. Menu music replaced with birthday music. Default astronaut and jetpack are replaced with birthday astronaut and jetpack. There are now candles on the moon which give 100 coins when all have been lit.

v8.1 - People no longer get random free skins!

v8.2 - People have been rewarded with the Birthday skin! Removed candles and replaced default astronaut.

v8.3 - Added biscuit000's skin for 500 coins. Also his jetpack.

v8.4 - Fixed bug where birthday music still played in the menu.

## Trivia

- The main reason for the game’s popularity was because it was chosen to appear on the front page of Scratch for a day under the ‘Curated’ tab. Many players created ‘remixes’ of it which caused it to appear on the front page again under a different section called ‘What the Community is Remixing’ for a few days. It also got put in a featured studio on the front page.

- People joke about it being based off SyCreeper’s friend’s game under the same name. The games are completely different and unrelated.

- During the games curation, one player got a massive highscore of over 250,000 which is still undefeated.

- The game’s cloud variable logs are spammed with the 2020 Anniversary event’s challenge detector from testing by SyCreeper.

- SyCreeper goes under the username 662018 on the Scratch website.

- A separate game was released on 2020 April 1st called Comet The Second! which was an April fools version of Comet. It was extremely buggy and made zero sense whatsoever, and also was barely playable.

- There was a planned two player version that hasn’t been released.

- The ray gun was originally added early after the game’s release but was removed due to bugs. It was added back in v5.0.

- The Snowman skin is the only skin that was removed after being added.

- The Totodile skin was copy and pasted from a Pokemon Soulsilver sprite page.

- There was a planned jetpack for the Totodile skin that was never released.

- The event files are still accessible and can still be activated by tweaking some code.

- People who were unfortunate enough to look through the games code were extremely confused, due to the code being messy.

- The game’s release date says 1st July 2020, despite being released a year earlier.