Comet - Galaxy

Comet - Galaxy is a game in the Comet series developed by SyCreeper.

Comet - Galaxy is a space based bullet-hell game. It was released on the 23rd of September, 2020.

The game is located on SyCreeper's website (link to game here). The game is labelled as an action and interactive fiction game, with the tags arcade, bullet hell, space and touch-friendly. It is available on Windows, Mac and Linux. It's description reads:

"*You escaped the Comet.*

*You survived in space.*

*Now comes the real challenge.*

*He'll make sure you don't survive... this time...*

*Part of the Comet series, this arcade style bullet hell game contains 4 different modes, 53 different attacks and lots of secrets!*

*Featuring original music and characters, this game will have you captivated for a long time! Unless you hate raging. Then you'll probably not touch it. It really depends.*"

The game was made free on the 30th of January, 2021.

## Trailer

The trailer for Comet - Galaxy was premiered on the 5th of September on SyCreeper's YouTube channel (located here).

The trailer begins with a short intro from an unreleased game, supposedly the game before it in chronological order. After three sets of dialogue, the trailer cuts to the game screen, showing the Enemy Spaceship (in red) and Your Spaceship (in green).

Transcript of beginning:

*"Incoming transmission"*

*"Look what I found..."*

*"You thought you could escape..."*

*"But the hunter ALWAYS catches the prey..."*

The trailer then showcases the various attacks and gamemodes, with a shortened version of the music 'Comet' by SyCreeper playing in the background.

The trailer also displays the various aspects of the game, including "4 Gamemodes", "53 Attacks", "Lots of bullets" and "And many secrets". It then ends with "Coming in late September".

In the trailer, two different gamemodes and one secret is shown. One gamemode shown includes the ability to choose the attacks and the other shows being able to select dialogue. The secret shown is being able to access a secret character, Sy.

Two characters are seen in the trailer: Sy and Ev.

The trailer can be found here.

## Gameplay

In Comet - Galaxy, the player controls a spaceship. They must attempt to dodge bullets, energy beams, red ships and asteroids. The player takes damage if they hit any of these objects and if they run out of lives, the game ends.

Comet - Galaxy has 53 attacks. These include single attacks, dual attacks, triple attacks and the final attack. Dual attacks are made up of two of the single attacks and triple attacks are made up of three of the single attacks. The final attack uses all attacks at once but does not let your health go below zero.

### Modes

Comet - Galaxy contains four game modes. These game modes are Normal mode, Endless mode, Custom mode and Story mode.

Normal mode runs through all 53 attacks from the first attack to the last, before ending.

Story mode has randomised attacks and chosen dialogue. The player gets to select what choices they want to respond to Ev's dialogue with, then a specific amount of attacks will play, depending on your choice. Players also gain or lose hatred depending on their choices. The more hatred a player has, the harder the attacks are. After some dialogue choices, an ending will play that depends on your previous choices in the game. If two stars are collected, the game plays the True ending.

Endless mode has randomised attacks and only ends when the player runs out of health.

Custom mode allows the player to chose and practice any attack they like as many times as they want.

## Trivia

* When the secret is shown in the trailer, a mouse can be seen selecting dialogue.
* In the montage of attacks at the end of the trailer, a lag glitch can be seen, where a wall of bullets is going across the screen.