Main Menu

The **main menu** is the lobby for Operius, where you first start off when you boot up the game. Whenever you restart, the color theme will always be red and black, as set by default, also known as dark mode. You can change the colors of the menu to your liking in the options. There are about 6 options you can choose from, where about half of them are modes. On the menu, you can see two rectangular triangles, one at the top left corner and the other at the bottom right corner. On the bottom left corner, there is a sphere made of dots that is spinning around. The same goes for the right top corner, expect it has a different shape.

## Options

There are over six options in the main menu, which half of are the modes. They can be switched trough the arrow keys. The options are in a ,,circle'' shape. To select the option, you need to press space. The full list can be found below:

### Modes

* *Arcade Mode* - The default mode, in which there are infinite sectors. As the name suggests, it is made in a arcade feel to it, that still has some freshness to it considering it was made with the intention of gaming. Sector 1 is the only tutorial level, being the simplest one. It has two other variatons of it, namemly Co-Op and Endless. It has over 32 different background colors, which recycle each time you play. The background in the main menu also changes each time you play a new sector. More info can be found in this page.
* *Co-Op Mode* - The multiplayer version of Operius, where two players can play. One controls with A / D and the other one controls with the left and right arrow key. Co-Op mode will save the progress made on arcade mode and viceversa. The endless mode is the only exception, putting you in a random sector. More info can be found in this page.
* *Endless Mode* - The endless mode is the last mode, where the game spawns you in a sector and you have to survive as long as possible. You speed up as you process. This sector is the only one that doesn't save your progress in the main game and can't be played with another person. More info can be found on this page.

### Other options

* *Options* (a.k.a setting) - This is where you can customize most of the aspects from this game to your liking. The list of choices are shown below:

* *Story and Credits* - A option for choosing either the backstory of Operius, or the credits.

#### Story

The story is devided into four verses, the first one being the date where this happens. It is uncertain what year this is, where it is only shown **20XX** implying it may be the distant future. It also implies that the game has more lore to it, however we can't see more than the UFO itself. All we know is that the incident happened at June 19th, 4:32 PM. The whole story reads out:

> June 19th, 20XX.
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> At 4:32 PM, all computers on earth lost their connections to the internet, all at the same time.
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> Around at the same time, a large flying object was spotted in the atmosphere of the earth, causing further mass panic.
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> You're now tasked with entering inside the ufo, causing as much damage as possible, and bringing the internet back to the world. Good luck!
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> - The story in the ,,Story and Credits" section.

The story implies that the world got invaded by a UFO, which the player enters and destroys the alien invaders, which is how the whole game began. It is also uncertain if it was the UFO which caused the internet to turn off, as it wasn't said in any way, but there is a very high chance for this. On the other side, there are credits which lists people who worked and helped with the production on Operius:

* The Story
* The Credits

## Story & Credits

> Mors: Programming, design, art. / Catonator: Music, sounds. / Special thanks to: Snarf, DJ Coco, Protayde and Thanielpin. / www.mors-games.com
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> - The credits in the ,,Story and Credits *section.*

* *High Scores* - A option for checking your scores. It functions for all three of the modes. It (or is supposed to) show your name, score, starting sector and ending sector. Endless Mode is the only different one, showing survival time and level chains.
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## Gallery

Main Menu, set on the default menu.The sector option selected.Arcade Mode on the High Scores.Co-Op mode on the High Scores.Endless Mode on the High Scores.Story in the Story & Credits option.The credits in the Story & Credits option.The settings option.